Hasse, Johann Adolph. (1699 - 1783). THE COMIC TUNES &c. TO THE CELEBRATED DANCES PERFORM'D A BOTH THEATERS BY SIGR. AND SIGRA. FAUSAN...BOOK I.. London: Printed for I. Walsh. [1741]. Oblong Octavo. Full Leather. Previous owner's name written on front paste-down. No pencil or ink markings in text. Full brown leather binding. Moderate edgewear with heavier wear at head and tail of spine and at corners. Title, [vb], [b], 2 - 93 pp.
The first of a series of eight volumes of tunes printed over a period of twenty years and an important documentation of the role of Italian dancers in the London theaters during this period. Antonio Rinaldi [Fausan] and his wife were among the first. (Donald Burrows, The Cambridge Companion to Handel). Scarce, in an attractive contemporary binding.
The first of a series of eight volumes of tunes printed over a period of twenty years and an important documentation of the role of Italian dancers in the London theaters during this period. Antonio Rinaldi [Fausan] and his wife were among the first. (Donald Burrows, The Cambridge Companion to Handel). Scarce, in an attractive contemporary binding.
Hasse, Johann Adolph. (1699 - 1783). THE COMIC TUNES &c. TO THE CELEBRATED DANCES PERFORM'D A BOTH THEATERS BY SIGR. AND SIGRA. FAUSAN...BOOK I.. London: Printed for I. Walsh. [1741]. Oblong Octavo. Full Leather. Previous owner's name written on front paste-down. No pencil or ink markings in text. Full brown leather binding. Moderate edgewear with heavier wear at head and tail of spine and at corners. Title, [vb], [b], 2 - 93 pp.
The first of a series of eight volumes of tunes printed over a period of twenty years and an important documentation of the role of Italian dancers in the London theaters during this period. Antonio Rinaldi [Fausan] and his wife were among the first. (Donald Burrows, The Cambridge Companion to Handel). Scarce, in an attractive contemporary binding.
The first of a series of eight volumes of tunes printed over a period of twenty years and an important documentation of the role of Italian dancers in the London theaters during this period. Antonio Rinaldi [Fausan] and his wife were among the first. (Donald Burrows, The Cambridge Companion to Handel). Scarce, in an attractive contemporary binding.