HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT MUSIC BOOK OF ANTHEMS & HYMNS BY JOHN WOODS 1801

HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT MUSIC BOOK OF ANTHEMS & HYMNS BY JOHN WOODS 1801

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[WOODS, JOHN]. Handwritten Music Book of Religious Anthems & Hymns. Cavendish, Suffolk, England: November 9th, 1801.

Leather-bound. Hardcover. Oblong: 300 x 235 x 20 mm. 144 hand-numbered pages. Entirely handwritten music book of religious anthems and hymns with English text and musical notation. Beautiful decorative hand-drawn and coloured title-page. Index at front. Bound in contemporary leather backed covers. The smooth spine with gilt banding. Includes works by Adams, Longman, Cole, Cuzens, Kent, Dr Greene, Handel, etc. Condition: FAIR to GOOD. Lacking pages 11-14 and 135-136 but otherwise complete. Binding secure with the hinges and joints intact. The covers are somewhat rubbed and soiled. The interior is lightly and evenly toned with some thumbing and marking.