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Hamilton's Complete Catechism of Counterpoint, Melody, and Composition / James Alexander Hamilton

2015.7.5

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Composition (Music)1840s

5-3/4 in

James Alexander Hamilton

Second

London

England

1843

Publisher's Binding- Ribbon-Embossed Cloth

Price Two Shillings printed on rectangular title paper onlay to front board. Bound in dark green glazed ribbon-embossed cloth in a distinctive diagonal geometric pattern with raised stars against a pebbled background.

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