Lot 4096* - A216 Livres - mercredi, 25. mars 2026, 14h00
MUSIC -
Bonanni, Filippo.
Descrizione degl'istromenti armonici d'ogni genere. Description des instrumens harmoniques en tout genre. Seconde éd. revue, corrigée et augmentée par H. Ceruti. With doublepage engraved title and 147 engraved plates by A. van Westerhout.
Rome, Monaldini, 1776. 4° (28,4 × 22,2 cm). XVI, XXIII, 114 (recte 214) pages, [1] leaf. Period parchment binding with label to spine and some gilding (minor staining).
RISM B VI, 161 (142 plates) - Eitner II, 107 - Gamba 1808 (140 plates) - Lipperheide Pg 6 (142 plates). - Second edition. - With Italian-French parallel text. Bonanni's lavishly illustrated work, first published in 1722, is the earliest attempt to describe and illustrate all known musical instruments from antiquity to modern times. Regarding the plate collation: the folded plate XXXIII is missing, plate XIV is skipped in the numbering, whereas plates XXIX, CXVI-CXVIII and CXXX are counted twice, plate CXIX three times. - Some foxing to text, plates partly slightly browned, a few with narrow dampstains to lower margin, one with a tear to margin, one detached from the binding. - Good copy.
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