Scale. To Edward Barker of y
e Inner Temple London Esq
r. This Scheme is Humbly Inscribed by the Author William Jackson. Without name of place or engraver [?
London,
1726].
MT15 .A2 J14
Engraved folio chart, measures 29¼ by 21½ inches; title as above within a border with supporting figures, below the title
the engraved preliminary text consisting of 44 lines and a headline and footnote; the title and text within the ruled “scheme,”
and the whole enclosed within an ornamental border.
Not in Grove.
Fétis V, 238, cites the edition of 1741, and wrongly attributes it to William Jackson of Exeter.
Allibone I, 947.
Mounted on linen and folded to 4to format and bound by the Library of Congress in half morocco. This work has no mark of Jefferson
provenance, and the bookplate has been lost in the rebinding. Jefferson marked little of his music, and this may have been
the copy from his library.
William Jackson, fl. 1726, was a music master in London and must not be confused with William Jackson of Exeter, who was born in 1730, four
years after the first edition of this work was published. In 1726, J. Cluer printed in Westminster Jackson’s
A Preliminary Discourse to a Scheme demonstrating the Perfection and Harmony of Sounds
, in 8vo. Jefferson’s entry in his manuscript catalogue would seem to indicate that he owned also the separate Preliminary Discourse, but which seems not to have been sold to Congress.
The entry in the 1815 Catalogue calls only for “a sheet” and the preliminary discourse would then refer to the engraved text
below the title. This text is headed:
The Following Scheme is Divided into 18 Columns Each Column known by the Numbers Viz
t.; 1.2.3. &c.
a placed over their Respective heads.
The footnote explains the existence of the Preliminary Discourse:
Note A Treatise Containing a Further Explanation and Use; with several usefull Schemes in it will be Sold with this Scheme.
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J.3
Bremner’s rudiments of music.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 133, no. 2, as above.
BREMNER,
Robert.
The Rudiments of Music: or, A Short and Easy Treatise on that Subject. The
Third Edition. With considerable Additions; particularly, Instructions for Song; and, A Plan for teaching a Number of Persons collectively
the four Parts of psalmody. By Robert Bremner. To which is annexed, A Collection of the best Church-tunes, Canons, and Anthems.
London: Printed for the Author, and sold at his Music-shops at the Harp and Hautboy in
London, and in
Edinburgh.
mdcclxiii
. Where may be had, the Church-Tunes separate, in four Parts. Price
1s, in two Parts. Price
6d. [1763.]
MT7 .A2 B83
Sm. 8vo. 40 leaves of text followed by 39 engraved plates of musical notation, as follows: 2 folded plates of instruction,
the first printed on one side only, the second on both sides, 1 folded engraved plate, on one side only, of The Scale, 20
plates engraved on both sides with airs, chiefly religious, in 4 parts, 16 leaves with engraved music and words, on both sides,
with anthems and canons in unison and for 2, 3 or 4 voices. The leaf following the title leaf has Stanzas of Eights and Sixes,
to sing the Psalm-tunes by.
Grove I, 924.
This edition not in Fétis.
Contemporary calf, gilt back, line borders on the sides; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815
bookplate.
Robert Bremner, 1720-1789, was born in Edinburgh and died in London. The first edition of this work was published in 1756. The second folded
engraved leaf of musical notation, in illustrating the Shake, has an interesting arrangement of God Save the King, both words
and music:
