KIRCHER Athanasius :

Lot 38
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KIRCHER Athanasius :
Musurgia universalis sive ard magna consoni et dissoni in X. libros digesta. Two volumes full cream vellum, spine with 4 nerves, title-pieces on burgundy leather, gold lettering. Printed in Rome, Typographia Haeredum Francisci Corbelletti, 1650 First edition of one of the very first "encyclopedias" of music. Printed in roman letters, one column of 52 lines. Letters, notes in the margin. Numerous engravings and music scores. Volume I complete with the frontispiece and 11 plates. Volume II complete with frontispiece and 10 plates, 4 of which are folding or on double page. Scattered spotting, some foxing and discharges. Ex-libris of baron Horace de Landau.
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