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BURNEY, Dr. Charles (1726-1814). An Account of the musical performances in Westminster Abbey and the Pantheon ... in commemoration of Handel. Dedication by Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). London: T. Payne and G. Robinson, 1785.
4° (301 x 228mm). Engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi and 6 engraved plates. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with a proof of each plate as well as engraved views, admission tickets to musical events, and with AN IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED WITH INITIALS FROM BURNEY TO EDMUND MALONE (1741-1812). Late 19th-century straight-grained red morocco by Bedford, gilt fillets, spine gilt-ruled and lettered, top edge gilt, others uncut. Provenance: A few manuscript corrections; Glazebrook (bookplate); Julian Marshall (bookplate); Charles J. Sawyer Ltd. (catalogue description).
FIRST EDITION. The 1½ pp., 8°, letter, with two integral blanks, from Burney to Malone, dated Queen Anne Street East, 'Wedy. morn.' [May 10 -- 97], describes his formal presentation to the Queen and his gift to her of his own book [? the present work], 'my 4to. ... b[oun]d in flaming red morocco, w[hi]ch, as I was in family mourning, made a splendid contrast with the sable die, and excited so much curiosity, that before her maj[es]ty arrived ... I well remember wishing myself invisible. The book was transferred by the Queen to the vice Chamberlain, after w[hi]ch I had the honour to kiss her royal white hand.' In the second part of the letter, he describes a more informal or 'private presentation' to both the king and queen. Brunet I, 1411; Chapman and Hazen p. 161; together with Henry Purcell Orpheus Britannicus, London: 1698-1702, 2 volumes in one, 2°, 18th-century calf (restored). Wing P-4218. (2)
4° (301 x 228mm). Engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi and 6 engraved plates. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with a proof of each plate as well as engraved views, admission tickets to musical events, and with AN IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED WITH INITIALS FROM BURNEY TO EDMUND MALONE (1741-1812). Late 19th-century straight-grained red morocco by Bedford, gilt fillets, spine gilt-ruled and lettered, top edge gilt, others uncut. Provenance: A few manuscript corrections; Glazebrook (bookplate); Julian Marshall (bookplate); Charles J. Sawyer Ltd. (catalogue description).
FIRST EDITION. The 1½ pp., 8°, letter, with two integral blanks, from Burney to Malone, dated Queen Anne Street East, 'Wed
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