Author: CLARK (Richard), compiler:
Title: The Words of the most Favourite Pieces, Performed at the Glee Club, the Catch Club, and other Public Societies.
Description: London: Printed by the Philanthropic Society...for the Editor..., 1814. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo, pp. lv [lvi engraved music], 435 [436 Errata], engraved plate of music between pp. xii and xiii, uncut, later 19th century full calf, gilt spine, gilt dentelles. A fine copy. The first meeting of the "Glee Club" was held in Newcastle Coffee House in London, on 22 December 1787. At the time of compiling this work, there were forty-four members of one kind or another.

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