Le Petit Rameau, ou Principes courts et faciles pour apprendre soi-même & en peu de tems, la musique (Paris Desnos, 1772)
Le Petit Rameau -- 48 empty pages -- Almanac 1775
Introduction to music theory, followed by 5 songs: Les quatre parties du jour (Le Matin, Le Midi, Le Soir, La Nuit), and Ariette de la Fée Urgele.
After page 48 of the Petit Rameau, 48 sheets of empty paper are bound in, as the title suggests. The first 6 of these pages have writing: mostly columns of figures recording something in 1808-1812.
Also contains a printed almanac or calendar of 1775 with name days and moon phases.
Engraving next to title page depicts the figure of Rameau in front of an arch. Besides there are four beautiful allegorical engravings bound in with the songs about the Quatre Parties du Jour.
Armorial bookplate with three wings and three mermaids and devis 'In procellis impavidae' (fam. Eudel?)
Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salamons Bart. of Broomhill, Turnbridge Wells (bookplate)
Keywords: Rameau, Jean-Philippe -- 1683-1764; 18th Century (1701-1800); Method; Almanac; Song; Paris (France); algemene muziekleer; muzieknotatie; fermate; transponeren; Rameau, J.Ph._portret