Copy of the first of three volumes of "Storia della musica" (Music History) containing eleven chapters and three dissertations. The text describes various topics related to music history including music classification, early music in biblical descriptions, music theories, singing and harmonies, church music, and musical notations.

Map shows exploration routes, missions, forts, and locations of North American Indian tribes in eighteenth century French Louisiana territory. Includes historical notes. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca.1:9,500,000].

Map shows Indian habitation, towns, and rivers in late eighteenth century California area of North America. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.

This collection opens with a brief letter of dedication from Leyding to his friend Johann Jakob Dusch followed by a preface. The table of contents lists the songs in the order in which they appear in this volume. All of the songs are written in two staves - the top with soprano clef; the bottom, with bass clef. The first stanza of each poem is manually underlaid below the top staff. The full text of the poem is printed either below the music or on the following page. The vocal line use either single or double voices.

Map shows major European settlements, colonies, and areas of Native American habitation in North and Central America and the West Indies; Mexico, New Mexico, French Louisiana, coastal Califronia; northwestern portion of continent as "Terre Inconnues"; Hudson and Baffin Bays, Greenland, and surroundings in inset. Inset: [Map of Terres Artiques]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:12,500,000].

Etching and engraving of "David Tenier's House" published on August 15, 1757. The design was attribute to Dutch miniaturist David Eniers the Younger (1610-1690) and was printed by English printmaker Thomas Major (1720-1799). The image shows a large manor house on the right edge of a river bank with a bridge arching over the river. A group of three fisherman are gathered on the shore in the foreground communicating the scale of the rest of the scene to the viewer.