ΑΡΙΣΤΟΞΕΝΟΥ: ΑΡΜΟΝΙΚΩΝ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΩΝ EΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ, ΕΥΚΛΕΙΔΟΥ: ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΑΡΜΟΝΙΚΗ, ΝΙΚΟΜΑΧΟΥ ΓΕΡΑΣΗΝΟΥ: ΑΡΜΟΝΙΚΗΣ ΕΓΧΕΙΡΙΔΙΟΝ, ΑΛΥΠΙΟΥ: ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗ, ΓΑΥΔΕΝΤΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΥ: ΑΡΜΟΝΙΚΗ, ΒΑΚΧΕΙΟΥ: ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΤΕΧΝΗΣ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗΣ, ΑΡΙΣΤΕΙΔΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΤΙΛΙΑΝΟΥ: ΠΕΡΙ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗΣ, ANTIQUAE MUSICAE AUCTORES SEPTE GRAECE ET LATINE. AMSTELODAMI 1652 Editio PRINCEPS of almost all survived works on Ancient Greek music. Large Quarto, contemporary plain carton binding, upper joint weak, manuscript title on spine, text clean and bright, large uncut copy, separate pagination by author as published separately, complete with all folding plates From the library of Williams Ivins (1881-1961), a transformative figure in the world of Art History and founding curator of Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York with his ex libris. It was edited by the Danish scholar Marcus Meibomius (Meibom) and printed in Amsterdam by Elzevir. This was the first time that the most important ancient Greek treatises on music theory were collected, edited from manuscripts, and presented with a parallel Latin translation. It remained the definitive scholarly source for ancient music for over 250 years. The work actually contains contributions from eight authors, including Marciannus Capella Book IX.The Latin author included to supplement the Greek texts. Printed in elegant parallel columns,text in Greek and Latin. It is famous for its intricate woodcut diagrams and the first printed attempts to reproduce ancient Greek musical notation.The edition is prized for its large folding plates (hear printed in red and black) that map out the complex Greek scales and tonal systems of music.Meibom included extensive Notes,a commentary, that attempted to reconcile the mathematical theories of the Pythagoreans with the practical theories of Aristoxenus. Definitely a monumental work of musicology and classical philology and the only one on Ancient Greek music.