IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 253492 accession number: MU.502.1 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Monday 12 October 2020 updated: Wednesday 2 December 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Select melodies of Scotland. Thomson's collection of the songs of Burns, Sir Walter Scott Bart. and other eminent lyric poets ancient & modern : united to the select melodies of Scotland and of Ireland & Wales / with symphonies & accompaniments for the piano forte by Pleyel, Haydn, Beethoven &c. ; the whole composed for and collected by George Thomson F.A.S. Edin. in six volumes. For 1-3 voices and piano. For the most part, the songs are taken from the various folio volumes of Thomson's 'A selection collection of original Scottish/Welsh/Irish airs'. Engraved music interleaved with letterpress song texts with duplicate numbering (p. 1-50); 'actually there are 51 p. of engraved music and 45 p. of printed text'--Hopkinson & Oldman. 'Dissertation concerning the national melodies of Scotland': p. [3]-19. Preface, frontispiece and colophon dated 1822, plate for no. 20 dated 1823. Letterpress colophon: Edinburgh : 'Printed by John Moir for the proprietor G. Thomson, Royal Exchange, Edinburgh, 1822.' Title page signed by the proprietor "G. Thomson". 'Engd. by Wm. Balbirnie, ... Edinr.'--foot of p. 1 of music. Price 12s. Volumes 1-5 were all published in 1822, volume 6 was published in 1824 or 1825 under the changed title. Songs, Scots. Songs, English Scotland. Songs, English Ireland. Songs, English Wales. Songs with piano. Vocal duets with piano. title: MU.502.1 NOTES ----- type: history note value: MU.502 received "Bound by F. Bedford" in full calf with gilt line borders and gilt tooled spine with red leather labels.UkCU-FWM LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/253492 CATEGORIES ------ category: printed music DATING ------ DIMENSIONS ---------- value: 1 score ([2], ii, [3]-19, [2], 50, 50, [3] pages, [2] leaves of plates) :portrait ;26 cm; 1 score ([2], ii, [3]-19, [2], 50, 50, [3] pages, [2] leaves of plates) :portrait ;26 cm; 1 score ([2], ii, [3]-19, [2], 50, 50, [3] pages, [2] leaves of plates) :portrait ;26 cm;