George Frideric HANDEL / Request to the Nightingal The Words by Mr Signed 1740

Description

The Request to the Nightingal. The Words by Mr. Lockman. Set by Mr. Handel. Plate 17 from George Bickham's The Musical Entertainer
Author:
HANDEL, George Frideric 1685-1759
Title:
The Request to the Nightingal. The Words by Mr. Lockman. Set by Mr. Handel. Plate 17 from George Bickham's The Musical Entertainer
Publication:
London: 1740
Description:
1 leaf, with a large elaborate vignette to head and an additional engraving to the foot illustrating the song with music and text between set for voice and figured bass. Signed in the plate by the engraver, Bickham. Ca. 326 x 200 mm. (12.75" x 7.85") [plate mark].
Slightly worn; minor browning to edges; minor soiling and dampstaining; slightly creased; small tears to edges; small "x' to upper left corner.
Very Good.
From the second edition of Bickham's monumental work, first published in 1737-1739. BUC p. 107. RISM BII p. 245.
The present song is from Handel's opera Alcina.
"[Bickham ?1706-1771] was principally famous in music circles for his two illustrated folio volumes The Musical Entertainer, first issued in fortnightly parts, each containing four plates, from January 1737 to December 1739. The 200 plates are songs, headed and surrounded with pictorial embellishments illustrative of the song ..., and engraved in the style of and even copied directly from Gravelot and Watteau. This work was the first of its kind to be published in England and quickly produced imitators such as Lampe's British Melody, engraved by Benjamin Cole." Frank Kidson et al. in Grove Music Online.
A charming engraving.
The Musical Entertainer is considered one of the finest 18th century illustrated books. Complete copies of this monumental work are exceptionally rare.
Seller ID:
36707
Subject:
Art & Photographs, New Arrivals
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