An Essay on Musical Expression. By Charles Avison. To Which is Added, a Letter to the Author, Concerning the Music of the Ancients, Likewise, Mr. Avis (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781385705360)

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British Library

T101011

The plates are numbered 1, 3-5. With a final advertisement leaf.

London: printed for Lockyer Davis, 1775. viii,221, 3]p., plates: engr.music; 8

Author: Charles Avison
ISBN-10: 1385705361
ISBN-13: 9781385705360
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Language: English
Published: 04/25/2018
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d