A General History of Music, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period. by Charles Burney, Mus.D. F.R.S. ... the Second Edition.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included.
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British Library

T149621

With an index and a final leaf of directions to the bookbinder.

London : printed for the author: and sold by Payne and Son; Robson and Clark; and G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1789. v,[3],xviii,501,[13]p.,plates : music,port. ; 4°