The Bird Fancyer's Delight; directions concerning ye Teaching of all sorts of singing-birds after ye recorder - sopranino or treble (alto) - Edited with historical introduction by Stanly Godman
Schott and Co, Ltd, London, W.1. Softcover, oblong, vi + 21 p. Sligthly worn with a couple of very small stains.
From text on p. ii "The Bird Fancyer's Delight was published by Richard Meares in 1717 and by his rival John Walsh at an unknown but probably only slightly later date, since both editions were advertised in the Post Boy in 1717....Teaching birds to imitate tunes... was a popular and lucrative hobby in the 18th century."
Contains tunes for the Bullfinch, Canary bird, Linnet, Woodlark, Skylark, Starling, Parrot, Nightingale, Sparrow, East India Nightingale and Throstle.
1700-tals-melodier avsedda för fåglar av olika slag, t.ex. näktergal, sparv, domherre.