William Tans'ur — The Elements of Musick Display&Apos;D

London, Stanley Crowder, 1772. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this scarce treatise on music by William Tans'ur, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. The first edition of this scarce work.A brilliant exploration of music and its history, presenting the rudiments of music, the structure of musical instruments, the theory of sound, a musical dictionary, and more. An educational treatise made easy.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, and engraved music throughout.By William Tans'ur, a hymn-writer whose other musical manual, 'A New Musical Grammar', was still popular in the nineteenth century. Collated, complete, despite errors in pagination. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards, with renewed endpapers. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Frontispiece is edge worn and repaired. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .