BURNEY, Charles (1726-1814). The Present State of Music in France and Italy, London, T. Becket, 1771, 8°, FIRST EDITION, including advertisment and errata leaves D4-5 (occasional spotting) -- The Present State of Music in Germany, the Netherlands, and United Provinces, London, T. Becket and Co. [and others], 1773, 2 vols., 8°, FIRST EDITION, including "Proposals" and errata leaves [A1] and [A4] in vol. II, uniform contemporary calf (spines worn and joints weak).

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BURNEY, Charles (1726-1814). The Present State of Music in France and Italy, London, T. Becket, 1771, 8°, FIRST EDITION, including advertisment and errata leaves D4-5 (occasional spotting) -- The Present State of Music in Germany, the Netherlands, and United Provinces, London, T. Becket and Co. [and others], 1773, 2 vols., 8°, FIRST EDITION, including "Proposals" and errata leaves [A1] and [A4] in vol. II, uniform contemporary calf (spines worn and joints weak).
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Provenance: I. "E[dwar]d Haistwell 1784" (inscription on endpaper). Haistwell resided in Kensington and was one of the subscribers to Burney's History of Music.

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