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MUSIQUE Manuscript collection of the second half...

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[MUSIQUE] Manuscript collection of the second half of the XVIIIth century of 56 ff. including many tunes and songs mainly from the XVIIIth century (sometimes from the XVIIth century). In-8° oblong. Full contemporary calf. Spine with 3 nerves. Cold patterns on the boards. Head of the spine missing. Staves and legible writing in black ink and more rarely red. 3 staves per page. Bourrée, gigue, aria, minuet, march, English, German, polonaise, etc., a whole set of musical pieces of which some are identifiable: works of Lully, Grétry, Locatelli, ... Very fresh interior. Name of the author of the collection : N[icolas] Schillings, residing in Montzen (ajd, in the east of Belgium), year 17...