Victoria and Albert Museum.

Musical Instruments as Works of Art.

London, Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, 1968. 30cm x 20.9cm. 68 Illustrations on approximately 75 pages. Original Softcover. One conrer of the binding stronger bumped. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Large Special Miscellaneous Publications, No.10].

The collection of photographs in this publication shows historical Spinets, octave-spinet, the Tielke-Guitar and its ornaments, A Harpsichord by the Parisian Harpsichord-maker Pascal Taskin, A Naderman Harp, A French Pedal-Harp etc.

″This selection of photographs showing details of the decoration on some of the fine instruments in the Museum, throws interesting side-lights on the history of ornament in Europe from the early sixteenth century until the 1880s. It is hoped that some of the beauties revealed by these illustrations will convince the reader that musical instruments of this quality deserve to be placed alongside other works of arts of their day – as indeed they must have been when they were new and stood in residences of their original owners” (John Pope-Hennessy, Foreword).

• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 42894AB

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