Li primi albori mvsicali per li principianti della musica figurata
Subtitle: distinti in tre' libri : dal primo spuntano li principij del canto figvrato ; dal secondo spiccano le regole del contrapvnto ; dal terzo appariscono li fondamenti per suonare l'organo o clavicemablo sopra la parte
By: del P.F. Lorenzo Penna da Bologna : quarta impressione
Contributors: Bates, Joshua, 1788-1864, former owner, donor; Monti, Giacomo, printer; Siluani, Marino, publisher; Boston Public Library
Published: 1684
Language: ita
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Counterpoint; Music; Early works to 1800; Textbooks; Instruction and study; Musical accompaniment
Notes: Title page vignette.

Signatures: Áı B-2B́þ.

Gift: Joshua Bates; 18590915.

Text in Italian.

Catalogued 20151125 bhealy

Boston Public Library (Allen A. Brown Collection) copy bound in tan cloth over boards. Spine replaced by brown library repair tape. Front pastedown includes donors' ex libris (bookplate) of the Boston Public Library identifying copy as a gift of Joshua Bates, received September 15, 1859. Printed on antique laid papers featuring horizontal chainlines, vertial wire lines, and watermark visible at spine-edge. Edges of leaves marbled. Title page includees embossed stamp of the Boston Public Library. Rear pastedown includes affixed label of the Boston Public Library, dated November 1891, detailing circulation regulations, along with an ink stamp of the Boston Public Library Bindery dated "APR 29 1892".