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Book/Printed Material Renatus Des-Cartes excellent compendium of musick : with necessary and judicious animadversions thereupon

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Title

  • Renatus Des-Cartes excellent compendium of musick : with necessary and judicious animadversions thereupon

Names

  • Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
  • Brouncker, William Brouncker, Viscount, 1620 or 1621-1684, ed.

Created / Published

  • London : Printed by T. Harper, for H. Moseley, 1653.

Headings

  • -  Music--Acoustics and physics--Early works to 1800
  • -  Music theory--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  The "Animadversions", p. [59]-94, have special t.-p.
  • -  A person of honour: Lord Brouncker.

Medium

  • 8 p. l., 94 p., 1 l. : diagrs. ; 20 x 15 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML3805.A2 D32
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item D-025e, Reel 55 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1982]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 08030100

Online Format

  • image

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Descartes, René. Renatus Des-Cartes excellent compendium of musick: with necessary and judicious animadversions thereupon. editeds by Brouncker, William Brouncker, Viscount, 1620 Or London: Printed by T. Harper, for H. Moseley, 1653. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/08030100/.

APA citation style:

Descartes, R., Brouncker, W. B., ed. (1653) Renatus Des-Cartes excellent compendium of musick: with necessary and judicious animadversions thereupon. London: Printed by T. Harper, for H. Moseley. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/08030100/.

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Descartes, René. Renatus Des-Cartes excellent compendium of musick: with necessary and judicious animadversions thereupon. ed by Brouncker, William Brouncker, Viscount, 1620 Or London: Printed by T. Harper, for H. Moseley, 1653. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/08030100/>.