Madoc Books

Book Condition: Very Good
Size: Folio - over 12 - 15 tall
Jacket Condition:
Binding: Buckram
Book Type:
Edition: First Edition
Inscription:

British Harmony Being a Collection of Antient Welsh Airs The traditional remains of those originally sung by the Bards of Wales carefully compiled and now first published with some additional variations by John Parry inscribed with all due esteem and..... Printed and sold by John Parry, Ruabon, Denbighshire & P Hodgson at his Music-shop, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London. The original paper cover/title page have been cleaned & re-bound/laid on top of brown buckram, hard cover with the title in gold to the spine. New end-papers and repairs to page 5. Overcasting into sections and re-sewing on four tapes all by Delrue. (title page is the front cover, then new end-papers, then a list of subscribers-2 pages followed by 38 pages of music with such titles as, Dynwared yr Eos, Sir Harry Ddu, Difyrwch Arglwyddes Owen's, Nos Calan etc. Some of the papers edges have worn away and there is some darkening to the inks, neither of which detract from this copy). John Parry-1710-1782. Not dated but, per COPAC, printed in 1781. Scarce in any condition.