æditæ cantiones sacræ (quas vulgo moteta vo- | cant) continentur octo, septem, sex, quinque | ac quatuor vocum, a prestantissimis ac | huius ætatis, precipuis Symphoniacis compositæ, quæ in sacra Ecclesia catho- | lica, summis solemnibusque festiuitatibus, | canuntur, ad omnis generis instrumenta | musica, accommodatæ : Petri Ioannelli | Bergomensis de Gandino, summo | studio ac labore collectæ, eiusque | expensis impressæ. Venetijs Apud Antonium Gardanum. 1568 | CVM GRAT ET PRIVIL: Sac Ro: Cæ: Ma: Et Ill: Senatus Venet.

6 vols. quarto. The five first volumes containing the Cantus, Altus, Tenor, Bassus, and Quintus, have each 240 ff.; the sixth, Sextus, only 126 ff. The title-page has an architectural border; the work is further adorned with the portrait of Ferdinand I., with the arms of Maximilian II., and with those of the archdukes Ferdinand and Charles, and of Peter Joannelli, as also with a number of ornamental versal letters.

L. Rosenthal, Munich. H. 247 m. B. 175 m. A presentation copy, preceded by a printed leaf with this dedication: MAGNIFICO | AC GENEROSO DOMINO | DOMINO IOHANNI HAVG- | WITZ, DE BISCAVBITZ, IN RATSCHITZ, SACRE CÆSAREE | Maie: Consiliario, nec non Morauiæ Camerario, &c. | Domino suo Gratioso, Petrus Ioanellus de Gandino, officij ac obseruantiæ ergo | dono dedit. WALTHER, 331. FÉTIS, IV, 442.

JOHN HIEROME KAPSBERGER.

LIBRO PRIMO Di Mottetti Passeggiati | à una Voce | Del Sig. GIO. GIROLAMO | KAPSBERGER | NOBILE Alemano. Raccolto | DAL SIG FRANCESCO | DE NOBILI In Roma 1612. Con Priuilegio.

The above title on the central panel of an engraved title-page. Folio. 12 ff. The music engraved on copper-plates. H. 270 m. B. 190 m.

Anderson's College, Glasgow. H. 332 m. B. 225 m.

WALTHER, 335. FÉTIS, IV, 477.

JOHN KNOEFEL of Lauban.

DVLCISSIMÆ QVÆDAM CANTIONES, NVMERO XXXII. QVINQVE, SEX ET SEPTEM VOCVM, ITA FACTÆ, VT| tum humanæ voci, tum Musicis Instrumen- | tis aptæ esse possint, | AVTHORE | IOANNE KNEFELIO LAVBENSI,| ILLVSTRIS- | simi Principis ac Domini, Domini HENRICI, Ducis Silesiæ, Lignicen. | Brigen. & Goltbergen. Musici chori Magistro. | ALTVS CVM

GRATIA ET

PRIVILEGIO CÆSAREÆ | Maie. ad annos sex. | NORIBERGÆ,

IN OFFICINA THEODORICI GERLATZENI. | M.D.LXXI.

Oblong quarto. 28 ff.; with ornamental capital letters.
Rev. J. C. Jackson.

WALTHER, 342. FÉTIS, V, 65.

PETER DE LA RUE.

Misse Petri de la Rue. Beate virginis | Puer natus| Sexti. Utfa Lomme arme | Nuqua fue pena maior.

|

Oblong quarto. 16 ff. in 2 quires with signatures AaaR Bbb8; evidently therefore having formed part of a large collection of sacred music printed at Venice by Octavius Petrucci in 1503. Produced by two printings; apparently the notes and text first, and then the staves.

W. H. Cummings. H. 153 m. B. 219 m.

SYSTÊME | DE CHANT, | Très-court, très-facile & trèssûr. | APPROUVÉ PAR MESSIEURS | de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, & par les plus habiles Musiciens de Paris. Par M** * Prêtre. Contenant l'Exercice

du Chrétien, un extrait | des Rubriques, des Cérémonies & du Rituel, la Methode pour apprendre ce nouveau Systême, le Pseautier, l'Antiphonier, le | Processional, les Messes de toute l'année, | & les plus belles & plus curieuses pieces de | Chant. | A PARIS, | Chez GABRIELFRANÇOIS QUILLAU | Fils, Imp. Jur. Lib. de l'Université, rue Galande, à l'Annonciation. | - | M.DCC.

XXVII.

Duodecimo. 22 ff., 1476 and xxx pp.; with portrait of J. B. J. Languet de Gercy, curé of S. Sulpice, Paris, to whom the volume is dedicated.

Charles Walker.

H. 148 m. B. 82 m. This copy belonged to the author, who was parish priest of Virieu le Grand.

I.

FÉTIS, II, 466.

ROLAND DE LATTRE.

I 520-1594.

CANTVS | MISSÆ ORLANDI LASSICVM QVINQVE, ET SEX VOCIBVS | CANENDE, NVPERRIME IMPRESSE. (Printer's device.) | Venetijs Apud Angelum Gardanum. | M.D.

LXXXXI.

Quarto. 64 pp.; ornamental versal letters.
Her Majesty the Queen. H. 206 m.

PETER PHILIPPS.

c. 1560-1630.

VOCIBVS,

CANTIONES SACRAE, | PRO PRÆCIPVIS FESTIS | TOTIVS
ANNI Et Communi Sanctorum QVINIS
AVTORE R. D. PETRO PHILIPPI ANGLO, CANONICO
SOIGNIENSI Et Serenissimorum ALBERTI ET ISABELL.E
Archiducum | Austria, Ducum Burgundia, Brabantia
etc. & Belgicarum Prouinciarum Principum

ORGANISTA CONCINNATÆ. | ALTVS. | (Cut: the Blessed
Virgin and Child. H. 42 m. B. 42 m.) | ANTVERPIÆ |
Ex Typographia Petri Phalesij ad insigne | DAVIDIS

Quarto. 40 ff.; ornamental versal letters; dedication to Our
Lady of Montaigu.

Her Majesty the Queen. H. 196 m. B. 146 m.

WALTHER, 477. HAWKINS, I, 483. FÉTIS, VII, 39. GROVE, II, 705.

2.

PARADISVS SACRIS CANTIONIBVS CONSITVS, VNA, DVABVS ET TRIBVS | VOCIBVS DECANTANDIS. | Cum Basso Generali ad Organum. | AVCTORE R. D. | PETRO PHILIPPI

ANGLO, ECCLESIÆ COLLEGIATÆ S. VIN- CENTII SONEGIENSIS CANONICO, | Et Serenissimorum ALBERTI ET ISABELLÆ | Archiducum Austriæ &c. Organista. | Nunc primum in lucem editus. | PRIMA PARS. | (Printer's device.) | ANTVERPIÆ, | APUD PETRVM PHALESIVM ad insigne Dauidis Regis - M.D.CXXVIII.

Quarto. 56 ff.; with dedicatory epistle to Francis de Rie, archbishop of Cæsarea, dean of Besançon, almoner and chaplain of the archduchess, dated from Brussels, 31 March, 1628.

Her Majesty the Queen. H. 211 m. B. 160 m.

GROVE, II, 705.

JOHN ANTONY RIGATTI.

16. .–1649.

PRIMO Soprano | MOTTETI | A DVE E TRE VOCI | CON

VNA MESSA BREVE NEL FINE DI GIO ANTONIO RIGATTI

DEDICATI | AL Molto Illustre Et Reuerendissimo Signor FRA BERNARDO VITTE | PROTHONOTARIO APOSTOLICO | ADMINISTRATORe della chiesa PRIORALE | DI SAN GIO : GEROSOLIMITANO | IN PRAGA. | CON PRIVILEGIO

Ꮓ

VENETIA,

(Printer's device.) | IN

Alessandro Vincenti. M DC XXXXVII.
Quarto. 56 pp.; ornamental initials.

Her Majesty the Queen. H. 206 m.

Appresso

GALEAZZO SABBATINI.

CANTVS SACRÆ LAVDES | MVSICIS CONCENTIBVS | A GALEATIO SABBATINO | CONTEXtae, | dvabvs, tribvs, QUATERNIS QVINISQVE VOCIBVS | Concinnendæ. | Vna | Cum Bassus Continuus pro Organo. | ILLmo. AC Rmo. D.D.

MALATESTAE BALEONO PISAVRENSIVM EPISCOPO. BETVNÆ.

ETC. DOMINO | DICATÆ OPVS TERTIVM | LIBER PRIMVS
SVPERIORVM PERMISSV. (Arms: a fess, surmounted
by a cardinal's hat.) VENETIIS. Apud Alexandrum
Vincentium. 1626.

Quarto. 16 ff.; ornamental initials.
Her Majesty the Queen. H. 206 m.

FRANCIS SALE.

MISSARVM | SOLENNIORVM, TAM SANCTO- | rum quàm Festorum OFFICIA LABENTIS ANNI, IN CA tholicæ Ecclesiæ vsum, harmonicè contra punctum ac | suauissimè concinnata, sicque antea in lucem non ædita. SERENISSIMAE REGINAE MAGDALENAE | chori Halæ ad Aenum Magistro FRANCISCO SALE Authore | PRIMVS TOMVS. | Anno M.D.LXXXIX.

Folio. 198 ff.; with signatures ++ A+-Z a1-z1 aa1 bb1 cc2.

The above title within an architectural frame adorned with the arms of the Pope, the Emperor, the kings of Spain and France, the archdukes of Austria, and the duke and duchess of Bavaria, signed and headed PATROCINIVM MVSICES.

Dedicatory epistle to Wolfgang Theodore, archbishop of Salzburg.