First edition. Large 4to, xi [xii blank], 58, (1); 8 full-page engraved plates of musical instruments, 5 engraved vignettes, with corucopie and instruments, contemporary full calf, wide margin good copy. Francesco Bianchini [1662-1729] was librarian to Cardinal Ottoboni, later Pope Alexander VIII, in Rome. He seems to have been a much respected antiquary who enjoyed considerable Papal patronage. Graesse in his 'Supplement' of 1869 lists the work under Bianchini gives these as alternative spellings for the same perso. Gasparri, I, 55. Eitner II, 32; Choix, 10784; Fetis I – 406. Manca ad Olschki.