{"product_id":"26259-burney-charles-a-general-history-of-music-from-the-earliest-ages-to-the-present-period","title":"Burney, Charles. (1726–1814) A General History of Music, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period (4 vols.)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of the English music historian's monumental history of music, which took more than twenty-five years to write and print. A fine set, with the frontispiece portrait of Burney after Sir Joshua Reynolds in Volume I and the first edition of Volume II, both often lacking in other sets. With plates, engraved music and the Reynolds portrait. Vol. I: frontis. port., 20 pp., [6] ff., 522 pp., [1] (errata), 9 plts. Vol. II: frontis., [2] ff., 597 pp., [1] (errata), plt. Vol. III: frontis., 622 pp., [6] ff. Vol. IV: frontis., [2] ff., 688 pp., [7] ff. Quarto. Contemporary tree calf with modest gilt ruling to spines. Joints starting to open or opened (I, front joint split but holding; II, front joint split but holding; III, front joint fully separated; IV, front joint split but holding), else bindings still sound. Occasional spotting, almost wholly confined to the preliminaries. RISM B VI, p. 190; Gregory-Sonneck, p. 47; Brunet I, 141.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn search of material not found in England, Burney toured Belgium, France, Germany and Italy in 1770, publishing his account as \u003ci\u003eThe Present State of Music in France and Italy\u003c\/i\u003e, later incorporated into the \u003ci\u003eGeneral History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62886539231391,"sku":"26259","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Burney_Charles._1726-1814_AGeneralHistoryofMusic_4vols._26259b_1.png?v=1792274608","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/26259-burney-charles-a-general-history-of-music-from-the-earliest-ages-to-the-present-period","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}