M. le comte de la Cépède, La poétique de la musique

La poétique de la musique, a 700-plus page treatise on aesthetics by French naturalist and amateur composer Bernard Germain de la Cépède, was first published in 1785. This abridged edition was published in 1787 in the Bibliotheque Universelle des Dames, a subscription series intended to provide well-to-do women with a general education appropriate to their gender and role in society; la Cépède’s treatise is the only work on the arts in the 156-volume set.

Geolocation: The publishing house in Paris where the abridged version of La poétique de la musique was produced.

M. le comte de la Cépède (Bernard Germain Etienne de La Ville sur Illon). La poétique de la musique (A Paris: Rue Hôtel Serpente, 1787).
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