[Six solos for a Violin & BassHumbly Dedicated to Crisp. Molineux Esq.r Composed by By Lewis Borghi.]
Pub.d Janry 20th 1783 by M.r Borghi No 5 John Street Oxford Street.
Rare etching, scratched letter proof before title. 305 x 230mm (12 x 9") Small margins.
The title page for a book of music by Luigi Borghi (c.1745-c.1806), an Italian violinist and composer who lived in London from the 1770s. He played in the orchestra of the King's Theatre from 1783 to 1785, and was leader of the second violins in the Handel Commemoration at Westminster Abbey in 1784.
De Vesme: 1868; ii/iv.
[Ref: 51271] £280.00
Rare etching, scratched letter proof before title. 305 x 230mm (12 x 9") Small margins.
The title page for a book of music by Luigi Borghi (c.1745-c.1806), an Italian violinist and composer who lived in London from the 1770s. He played in the orchestra of the King's Theatre from 1783 to 1785, and was leader of the second violins in the Handel Commemoration at Westminster Abbey in 1784.
De Vesme: 1868; ii/iv.
[Ref: 51271] £280.00