Rime e prose del Sig. marchese Scipione Maffei
Subtitle: parte raccolte da varj libri, e parte non piu stampate
Publisher: A spese di S. Coleti
Published: 1719
Place of publication: Venezia
Language: ita
Number of pages: 396
Description: <div>Includes author's "Descrizione d'un gravicembalo col piano, e forte ; aggiunte alcune considerazioni sopra gli strumenti musicali," describing the newly invented fortepiano, illustrated with an engraving of the hammer mechanism that differentiated it from its predecessor, the harpsichord (p. 309-315).</div><div><br /></div><div>Errors in pagination: p. 91 misprinted as 61, 170-175 as 180-185, and 376 as 316.<br /></div>