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

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

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

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.5

Description

Bound for Beauty #10 75, 1-32 p. Profusely illustrated with musical notation and scoring. 32 pages at end of book show musical examples

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Composition (Music), 1840s

Dimensions

Height

5-3/4 in

Book Details

Author

James Alexander Hamilton

Edition

Second

Publisher

R. Cocks

Place Published

City

London

Country

England

Date Published

1843

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Ribbon-Embossed Cloth

Binding Notes

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.

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection