Observations on the Florid Song; Or, Sentiments on the Ancient and Modern Singers

Ancient and Modern Singers,
Written in Italian
Of the Phil-Harmonic Academy at Bologna .
Translated into English
Useful for all Performers, Instrumental as well as Vocal .
To which are added
and Examples in Musick.
Ornari Res ipsa negat, contenta doceri.
Printed for J. Wilcox, at Virgil's Head, in the Strand . 1743.
Note , By the Ancient , our Author means those who liv'd about thirty or forty Years ago; and by the Modern the late and present Singers.
N.B. The Original was printed at Bologna, in the Year 1723.
Reprinted from the Second Edition by WILLIAM REEVES Bookseller Ltd., 1a Norbury Crescent, London, S.W. 16 1967 Made in England