[Rarebooks] FS: Extensive manuscript collection of French liturgical music, ca. 1810

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(MANUSCRIPTS) The anonymous manuscript (in 3 parts) begins, PROPRE DU TEMPS. Le Samedi Avant le Premier de L'Avent. Double Majeur. A Vepres Pseaumes du Samedi. [Second  part] PROPRE DES SAINTS. [Third part] COMMUN DES SAINTS... COMMUN DES APOSTRES. Large 4to. 358;296;206pp. (i.e. 860 pages). A few leaves with pasted over slip-cancels. No place, but France: No date (circa 1800-1820). Section headings in French. The music notations are in staves of 4 lines. With Latin text. Some sections with added Latin or French poems and prose. Orig. binding of plain vellum. Very clean and readable.    $2,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
A very extensive manuscript collection of liturgical music. A long listing of the contents is available upon request, as well as numerous photos.

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