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BLAINVILLE, Charles Henri de. Histoire Générale, Critique, Philologique de la Musique . Paris: Pissot, 1767. 4°, 60 engraved plates of music and instruments complete but irregularly numbered. FIRST EDITION. - Claudius PTOLEMY. Claudii Ptolemaei Harmonicorum, libri tres . Title in Greek and Latin, edited by J.Wallis. Oxford: Theatro Sheldoniano, 1682. 4°, Greek and Latin parallel texts. FIRST EDITION, one of the most important musical works of antiquity. - Eric SATIE. Sports et Divertissements . Paris: Vogel, [1923]. FIRST EDITION, one of 675 copies with coloured frontispiece. - ORLOFF. Essay sur l'histoire de la Musique . FIRST EDITION, inscribed; and 12 others (including: ROMERO. Arte de Canto-Mano y Organo . - CROTCH. Elements of Musical Composition ; and works by, inter alia , EINSTEIN, DIBDIN, BEATTY-KINGSTON, SHIELD and JOMELLI). Various bindings. An interesting collection of musicological books, relating to the history of music from antiquity to the twentieth century, (19)