Signed receipt for purchase of Burney's General History of Music matted with portrait of Charles Burney. ([England] : [Compiler not identified], 1789)
Dimensions: total: 46 x 32 cm ; portrait: 20 x 17 cm ; receipt: 6 x 16 cm.
Portrait by Joshua Renyolds; engraved by F. Bartolozzi (from caption).
Typescript receipt with the following manuscript annotations by Burney: numbered: no. 156, dated: March 27, 1789, and addressed to a Miss Cecillia.
Matted portrait of Charles Burney with signed receipt for purchase of Burney's General History of Music.
Mode of access: Internet.
Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Manuscript Collection: purchased from Wurlitzer Bruck, October 2022.
Keywords: Burney, Charles, -- 1726-1814.; Burney, Charles, -- 1726-1814 -- Correspondence; 1700-1799; Manuscripts, English; Manuscripts, English -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- 18th century; Québec -- Montréal.; Portraits; Portraits; Personal correspondence