SCHNAPPER (Edith B.) Editor.. The British Union-Catalogue of Early Music Printed Before the Year 1801. A Record of the Holdings of over One Hundred Libraries Throughout the British Isles.1957

Butterworths Scientific Publications. First Edition, 2 vols., 4to, xx, 583; xx, 585-1178pp., orig. cloth, a very nice set. A major reference tool for work with early printed sources of music. These volumes provide the key sources in British libraries. Brief bibliographical entries; locations established in more than 100 libraries in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Breslauer & Folter, 167. "The first catalogue of the printed music holdings of a whole country."