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2 Books (4 Vols) incl: THE WELSH HARPER [ca 1840]

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2 Books (4 Vols) incl: THE WELSH HARPER [ca 1840]
[Music]. 2 Titles (4 Vols). ++ THE WELSH HARPER, Being an extensive Collection of Welsh Music, comprising most of the Contents of the Three Volumes Published by the late Edward Jones, with numerous Historical Annotations, also several airs from the publications of the late John Parry, of Ruabon, Harper to the Wynnastay Family? also an Account of the Rise and Progress of the Harp from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, by John Parry, Barrd Alaw? Lon: D?Almaine and Co./ Parry, (nd), [?C. 1840? penciled in lower margin of title. Portrait of Parry has caption dated ?1839.?] Sm. folio. 8, 144pp. Consists of engraved musical score with captions. 5 India proofs on 4 plates: [1] frontis after Loutherbourg (showing a Greek playing a harp); [2-3] Illustrations of harps; [4] portrait (after Cornelius Durham); and [5] A man on a hill playing a large harp surrounded by a small audience. Orig blue-green cloth, blind-stamped covers. Title and armorial symbol gilt-stamped on front cover. Very good with edgewear, spine ends frayed, corners thumbed, rear cover scuffed, hinges reinforced, rear hinge now starting at pp136-137. Last plate?s tissue guard loose. Last plate has minor dampstain to lower margin. ?August 15, 1843? ink ownership on frontis recto, modern ink ownership on ffep. ++ Edwin O. Sachs and Ernest A. E. Woodrow. MODERN OPERA HOUSES AND THEATRES. 3 Vols. NY: Benjamin Blom, (1968). 4to. Orig blue cloth. Scuffing/staining to covers, texts very good. Small rubber stamp to ffeps. Lacking djs.