1996, ISBN: 9725652266

[EAN: 9789725652268], [PU: Lisbon, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro, 1996.], MUSIC, PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, BRAZIL, BRESIL, BRASIL, SLAVES, AFRO-BRAZILIAN, PORTUGAL, SONGS, LISB… More...

[EAN: 9789725652268], [PU: Lisbon, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro, 1996.], MUSIC, PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, BRAZIL, BRESIL, BRASIL, SLAVES, AFRO-BRAZILIAN, PORTUGAL, SONGS, LISBON IMPRINT, MODINHAS, xx pp., (6 ll.), 59 pp. facsimiles of music. Folio (30.6 x 23.5 cm.), original illustrated wrappers. Very minor scuffing at spine, but overall fine. One of 500 copies. ---- Critical facsimile edition of the first issue of the first musical periodical published in Portugal. The original (which probably appeared in July 1792) is of the greatest rarity. The title page of the facsimile reads: "Jornal // de // Modinhas // Com acopanhamento de Cravo // Pelos Milhores Autores // dedicado // A Sua Alteza Real // Princeza do Brazil // Por P.A. Marchal Milcent // No primeiro dia e no Quinze de cada Mez, Sahirá // huma Modinha nova. // Preço 200 Rs.// Lisboa // Na Real Fabrica e Armazem de Muzica no Largo de Jezus // onde se podera Abonar para a Colecção de cada anno pella quantia de 2880. // na mesma Real Fabrica se achà toda qualidade de Muzica."---- OCLC: 41335995; 41335995; 658825929. Of the original 1792 edition, only 4 copies are listed: 42946127 (Yale University, Library of Congress); 313751102 (Wurttembergische Landesbibliothek); 61891787 (Harvard University-Houghton Library); 764421207 is an ebook digitized from the copy at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, but the page seems to have been lost.<