The first edition of this extremely scarce treatise. Dedicatory epistle to Hierome Baumgarten, dated March 1, 1537 followed by verses by Thomas Venatorius. James E. Matthew. H. 213 m. B. 160 m. Title in facsimile WALTHER, 306. FORKEL, 303. BECKER, 313. HAWKINS, I, 314 I. JOHN HOLTHUSER of Kempen. COMPENDI- VM CANTIONVM ECCLESIASTICARVM, CON- tinens præcipua Responsoria, Versus, An|tiphonas, Hymnos, Introitus, Sequentias, | ac nonnulla alia pulcherrima Ecclesiæ Ca- | tholicæ cantica, quæ in ea quotannis ad dei | laudem decantantur, non tàm Scholis Ca- | tholicis, & ijs qui sacris initiari ordinibus cupiunt, quàm quibuslibet etiam Ecclesia|sticis personis, vt Sacerdotibus, Parochis, omnibusque Laicis cantum Ecclesiasti- | cum perdiscere cupientibus ap- | primè vsui futu- | rum. | EDITVM PER M. Ioannem Holthusium Kempensem, Augustæ Vindelico- | rum in Ecclesia Cathedrali Schola rectorem & ordinandorum examinatorem. Cum gratia & priuilegio Cæsareæ maie- statis ad quinquennium. M.D. LXVII. | Colophon (f. 220 v.): AUGVSTAE VINDELI- corum excudebat Mat| theus Francus. Octavo. 16 et 224 ff. Teutonic musical notation on a staff of 5 lines-6 staves to the full page. Dedicatory Epistle to Wolfgang Andrew Roemus von Kötz, WECKERLIN, 156. I. JAMES LEFEBVRE of Etaples. 1446-1547. Iordani Nemorarii Elementa Arithmetica; Iacobi Fabri Stapulensis Elementa musicalia; Eiusdem Epitome in duos libros Arithmeticos divi Severini Boetii; Bernardi Vencarii doctoris medici Rithmimachia. Parhisijs, labore et sumptu Henrici Stephani. 1514, 7 Septembris. Folio. 72 ff., of which the Elementa musicalia occupy 21. Title: Jn hoc opere contenta | Arithmetica decem libris | demonstrata. | Musica libris demonstrata | quatuor. | Epitome in libros. Arithmeticos diui Seuerini | Boetij. | Rithmimachie ludus qui | et pugna numerorum ap- | pellatur. These lines are printed in a circular medallion which occupies the centre of a full-page cut, and is surrounded by foliage and by ten angels, two of whom above support a shield bearing 3 fleurs-de-lys, 2 and 1, in chief a hand proceeding from the clouds holding a closed book; two more at the foot support a smaller blank shield; the others hold garlands with the initials H S, and horns of plenty. Around is this marginal inscription: HAEC SECVNDARIA EST ET CASTIGATISSIMA EX OFFICINA AEMISSIO. At the foot: Hæc secundaria superiorum operum æditio/venalis habetur Parisijs | in officina Henrici Stephani e regione scholæ Decretorum. Colophon (f. 72): Has duas Quadriuij partes et artium liberalium precipuas atque duces cum quibusdam ammini- | cularijs adiectis curauit ex secunda recognitione vna formulis emendatissime mandari ad studiorum |vtilitatem Henricus Stephanus suo grauissimo labore et sumptu Parhisijs Anno salutis domini: | qui omnia in numero atque harmonia formauit 1514. absolutumque reddidit eodem anno: die septima | Septembris / suum laborem vbicunque valet semper studiosis deuouens. The Treatise on music is dedicated to Nicolas de Hacqueville, and has prefixed to it a letter by James Lefebvre to the musicians James Labinius and James Turbelin, whose pupil he had been. The first edition of these Treatises was printed at Paris, 22 July, 1496, by John Higman and Wolfgang Hopijl with the aid of David Lauxius of Edinburgh. Reprinted at Paris in 1551 by William Cavellat. T Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna. H. 278 m. H. 278 m. B. 196 m. MAITTAIRE, II, 255; Index, 1, 196. B. Thott., VII, 68. PANZER, 196. NICOLAS LISTENIUS of Brandenburg. 1. MVSICA NICOLAI LI-'|STENII. | AB AVTORE DENVO | recognita, multisque nouis | regulis & exemplis | adaucta. | (Printer's canting device.) | FRANCOFORDIAE AD | Oderam, in officina Ioan. Eichorn. C. 1550. Oct. | 48 ff. with signatures A-F; -6 staves to the full page. musical notation on a staff of 5 lines Without running title or foliation, but with catchwords to every page. With tail-pieces. Dedicatory epistle to John George, Marquis of Brandenburg, eldest son of the Elector Joachim II., preceded by some verses of Valentine Chudenius of Salzwedel, more of which close the volume. T. W. Taphouse. H. 143 m. B.85 m. 2. MVSICA NICOLAI LISTENII, DENVO RECOGNITA, MVL- tisq. nouis regulis & exemplis | adaucta, ac correctius quàm antea edita. | (Cut: within a rectangle, a shield, per pale, 1, a double eagle, crowned and nimbed; 2, bendy of six, both dimidiated.) | NORIBERGÆ, | EXCVDEBAT THEO- doricus Gerlatzenus. | Anno M.D.LXIX. 44 ff. with signatures A-E3 F1. L. Rosenthal, Munich. H. 147 m. Verses by John Spanberg of the volume. B. 95 m. The first edition of this little book was published at Wittemberg in 1533 by George Rhaw, who reprinted it in 1548 and 1557. Other editions appeared at Nürnberg in 1548, 1549 and 1577, at Leipzig in 1543, and at Breslau in 1573. BECKER, 279. I. HENRY LORIT (Glareanus). ISAGOGE IN MVSICEN | HENRICI GLAREA | NI HELVETII | POE. LAV. e quibusquam bonis authoribus latinis & græcis ad studiosorum utilitatem | multo labore | elaborata. | AD FALCONEM COSS. | VRBIS AVENTICENSIS. Quarto. 40 ff.; 29 long lines to the full page, with running title and catchwords. Latin musical notation on a staff of 4 lines. Signatures Ao-E3. The title is within a woodcut by Hans Holbein; the volume is B. Christ., I, 411, 3899. FÉTIS, IV, 20. BRUNET, II, 1623. MENDEL, 2. GLAREANI | AQAEKAXOPAON. | BASILEÆ PER HENRICHVM PETRI MENSE SEPTEMBRI ANNO POST VIRGINIS PARTVM. | M.D.XLVII. Folio. 10 ff. and 476 pp., with cuts and diagrams. In the dedicatory epistle to Cardinal Otto, bishop of Augsburg, Lorit mentions a valuable manuscript then preserved in the Benedictine abbey of St. George between Rothweil and Freiburg in Brisgau, containing treatises by Severinus, Guy of Arezzo, Berno, William, Otto, Bishop Theogerus and Pope John XXII., which had been of the greatest use to him. He bears the following testimony to the purity of the chant in the liturgy of the Preaching Friars "Ni fallor Prædicatorum ordo synceriorem reliquis quibusdam ordinibus habet cantum, loquor de eo, qui ad substantialia Missæ pertinet, eum nos plærunque libro secundo secuti sumus, quanquam ne huic quidem ubique accedo." : L. Rosenthal, Munich. H. 315 m. B. 208 m. BECKER, 426. HAWKINS, I, 315. FÉTIS, IV, 21. BRUNET, Suppl., 1, 551. MENDEL, IV, 258. BOHN, 9. WECKERLIN, 143. AURELIUS MARINATI of Ravenna. LA PRIMA PARTE | DELLA | SOMMA DI TVTTE | LE SCIENZE| NELLA QUALE SI TRATTA DELLE SETTE ARTI LIBERALI, In modo tale che ciascuno potrà da se introdursi nella Grammatica, Rettorica, Logica, Musica, | Aritmetica, Geometria, & Astrologia, | Di Aurelio Marinati Dottor di Leggi da Rauenna. | AL SANTIS. ET BEATIS. SISTO V. PONT. OTTIMO MASSIMO. | (Arms of Sixtus V.)| CON PRIVILEGII ET LICENZA DE SVPERIORI. | IN ROMA, Appresso Bartholomeo Bonfadino, 1587. Quarto. 4 ff. and 156 pp., with a portrait of the author in an oval medallion, 7 full-page and other smaller cuts and diagrams. James E. Matthew. H. 200 m. B. 150 m. FÉTIS, V, 456. WECKERLIN, 186. Hannibal MELONE. IL DESIDERIO OVERO, | De' Concerti di uarij Strumenti Musicali, DIALOGO, | DI ALEMANNO BENELLI ; | Nel quale anco si ragiona della participatione di essi | Stromenti, & di molte altre cose pertinenti | alla Musica. | In Venetia appresso Ricciardo Amadino, | M D XCIII. Quarto. 6 ff. and 52 pp. The title within an architectural frame, the base of which is adorned with two groups of angels singing the praises of God, who appears in the tympanum between two angels. The pillars at either side are wreathed around with divers musical instruments. Alemanno Benelli is a pseudonym formed by the transposition of the letters of the author's name. Hercules Bottrigari, of Bologna, having made a copy of the manuscript of this work at a time when Melone consulted him about it, had the effrontery to publish it as his own at Bologna in 1599, and has often been cited as its real author, e.g., by Fétis, who says that Melone publicly claimed the authorship, and quarrelled with Bottrigari, but was soon after reconciled to him, and wrote him a letter which Bottrigari printed at the head of a treatise entitled |