ROUSSEAU (J.J.). DICTIONARY OF MUSIC. - Lot 192

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ROUSSEAU (J.J.). DICTIONARY OF MUSIC. - Lot 192
ROUSSEAU (J.J.). DICTIONARY OF MUSIC. Paris, widow Duchesne, 1768. In-4° of 12-556 (Chiffr. 548)-[2]-2bl. pages, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, spine decorated, inner lace, gilt edges (period binding). First edition illustrated with 13 engraved music plates. Last work published by Rousseau, the Dictionnaire de musique shows the degradation of the musical art of the time. "All our harmony is only gothic and barbaric invention" indicates the author who pleads for a new music! One sheet torn without missing, accidents to the binding with missing, wear and tear, the edge of the plates is dusty. Spine with a tomatillo (1) (Tchemerzine, V, 553).
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