Musicks hand-maid
Subtitle: new lessons and instructions for the virginals or harpsychord
Publisher: J. Playford
Published: 1678
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Harpsichord; Instruction and study
Notes: Engraved throughout, with exception of 3d and 4th prelim. leaves. Illustated t.-p.

Signatures: A⁴, A-F⁴, G², H-I⁴, K² (sig. I irregular in arrangement)

Page [48] (F4 verso) is marked "Finis", p. [52] (G2 verso) has a tail-piece, and p. [68] [I2 verso) is marked "Finnis", suggesting that previous editions may have ended with these pages.

Contains 75 pieces, numbered as 77. The composers named are B. Sandley, W. Lawes, B. Rogers, M. Locke, J. Mosse, A. Bryan, T. Prat, and J. Jackson.

"The tunes of Psalms to the virginal or the organ": [2] p., appended.

Wing P 2493