Mus. 792

Printed. Lacks the engraving of Blow's portrait (facing titlepage).

Mus. 792 Blow, John, d. 1708 Amphion Anglicus. A work of many compositions, for one, two, three and four voices: with several accompagnements of instrumental musick; and a thorow=bass to each song: figur'd for an organ, harpsichord, or theorboe-lute. By Dr. John Blow. London: Printed by William Pearson, for the author, 1700 RISM A/I B2985 See other copies of this work.

Provenance: from the Goodson bequest, listed in Clement 1747 as 'Amphion Anglicus Dr Blow No. 30', and in Malchair 1787 (f. 8) as 'Amphion Anglicus. London 1700 John Blow / Much such a collection as Purcells Orpheus Brit:'.

Upright format, 343 x 215 mm. Early C18th binding of thick card edged in vellum; vellum spine. Annotations: 'Mr West' on front flyleaf, and 'R Goodson [Jr]' on inside upper cover. Clement's number-label is missing. No early bookplate. C19th shelfmark: K.4.7.

Microfilm: The printed music of Christ Church, Oxford, reel 41.
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For another copy of this edition, from the Aldrich bequest, see Mus. 793