[Rarebooks] FS: First theoretical music text printed in Scotland. Edinburgh: 1721

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(MUSIC) Malcolm, Alexander. A TREATISE OF MUSICK, Speculative, Practical, and Historical. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author. 1721. 8vo.  First edition. vi,(iii)-xxiv,608pp. Illustrated with a copper engraved allegorical frontispiece and 8 engraved folding plates of printed music (6 of which are numbered) at rear. Orig. paneled calf, gilt tooled spine compartments and burgundy calf spine label. Small chip at head of spine, hinges starting but holding nicely. Copper engraved armorial bookplate of George Baillie, dated 1724, on front pastedown. With the ink signature of Lady Grizell Hume (i.e. Grizell Baillie), the wife of George Baillie, and the noted Scottish song writer and poet.    $2,000.00  (trade discount allowed)
An important Scottish association.  George Baillie (1664-1738) was a Scottish politician and Member of Parliament, one of the Lords of the Admiralty and the Lord of Treasury. This is the first important theoretical music text printed in Scotland. The first edition is scarce, and the frontispiece is often found lacking.   Later editions were published in 1730, 1776 and 1779.

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