<div class="description">
<dl><dd>On verso of t.p.: Musica figuralis mit ihren zugehorenden Exempeln / sampt einem besunderlichen schonen Buchlein von den Proportionibus / welche allen gemeinen sengern / Instrumentisten vnd anhebern dieser Kunst / gantz nutzbarlich zu wissen / auffs einfeltigst vnd vorstentlichst jns Deutsche verfasset</dd>
<dd>In two parts. The second part has special t.p. (with ornamental border): "Von den Proporcionibus. Wie dieselbigen inn die Noten wircken / vnd wie sie im figural Gesang gebraucht werden. Mart. Agricola," and colophon: "Gedruckt zu Wittemberg durch Georgen Rhaw."</dd>
<dd>Edition statement transposed from colophone (leaf [2]C4)</dd>
<dd>Title page printed in red and black ink</dd>
<dd>Signatures: A-Ḿı Ńœ A-B́ı Ćþ</dd>
<dd>RISM B/VI℗£:</dd>
<dd>Joshua Bates;</dd>
<dd>Catalogued</dd>
<dd>Boston Public Library (Allen A. Brown Collection) copy quarter bound in pink/tan/gold/blue/red marbled papers and brown leather over boards. Spine includes binder's spine title and date of publication in gilt with raised bars. Front pastedown includes donors' ex libris (bookplate) identifying copy as a gift of Joshua Bates, received September 15, 1859. Printed on antique laid papers featuring vertical chainlines, horizontal wire lines, and watermark visible at head-/spine-edge of pages. Title page includes embossed stamp of the Boston Public Library. Verso of title page includes annotation concerning provenance of copy in pencil script. Rear pastedown includes ink stamp dated "JAN 31 1945". Pages handnumbered in pencil at head-/spine-edge of leaves</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Music theory; Music theory; Musical notation</div>
<div class="fn value">
<dl><dd>Agricola, Martin, 1486-1556, author</dd>
<dd>Rhaw, Georg, 1488-1548, printer</dd>
<dd>Bates, Joshua, 1788-1864, former owner, donor. MB</dd></dl></div>
Internet Archive identifier