Burney, Charles. (1726-1814) A General History of Music. From the Earliest Ages to the Present Period. To Which is Prefixed, A Dissertation on the Music of the Ancients. - INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPIES TO BURNEY'S ITALIAN AND FRENCH TRANSLATOR, C.D. EBELFour large quarto volumes (10 7 8 x 8 5 8 inches; 275 x 220 mm). xx, [12], 522, [1, blank]; [4], 597, [1, blank], [1, errata]; xi, [1, blank], 622, [11, index] [1, errata]; [4], 685, [1, blank], [2, publisher's ads], [12, index], [1, errata], [1, blank] pp. Twelve engraved plates, including the four frontispieces. Engraved frontispieces in Volumes I III by F. Bartolozzi after G. B. Cipriani and E. F. Burney, engraved frontispiece portrait in Volume IV