The Musical Entertainer, 1737-1739 or later

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Medium

bound volume with 1 etched and engraved title-page and 100 etched and engraved vignettes with musical scores

Dimensions

book: 38.5 × 24.6 × 2.5 cm (15 3/16 × 9 11/16 × 1 in.)

Credit Line

Acquisition funded by a grant from The B.H. Breslauer Foundation, 2013

Accession Number

2013.67.3.1

Artists / Makers

George Bickham Jr. (artist) British, 1706 - 1771

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Inscription

on upper paste-down upper right in ink: 82-61-8(a); center underlined in brown ink: George Penfold; lower center in graphite: the first edition: London [1737-38] / i.e. vol I has Bickham imprint and (ref Grove's Dist.) / vol II has Corbett imprint / ref: Rosenwald: no 1743 / p. 67 Handel; lower paste-down upper right in graphite: 2800 / 400/[2?]

Provenance

George Penfold (signature on paste-down); Marlborough Rare Books; acquired in 1982 by Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, Boston (bookplate); (sale, Christie's New York via Ursus Rare Books, 20 June 2013, no. 400); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Ursus Books and Prints, Ltd.
Vershbow, Arthur E., Mr.