Estimate € 300 - 500
Sold € 400
Auction: 19 September 2023 at 10:00
[MUSICA] - GASPARINI, Francesco (1668-1727) - L'Armonico Pratico al Cimbalo. Venice: Antonio Bortoli, 1715. Second edition of this essential manual for the study of the harmonic creation of the 18th century "basso continuo". The work had a large fortune, it was reprinted 6 more times in the century and is still a valuable source of information on the practice of the "basso continuo". 4to (214 x 153mm). Half-title, printer's device on title, woodcut initials (marginal restoration to half-title, title and A1, waterstaining throughout, some foxing and browning). Contemporary half calf, title on label and gilt decorations on spine, yellow edges (slight losses at the extremities).
Estimate € 300 - 500