Chelys, minuritionum artificio exornata, sive, Minuritiones ad basin, etiam ex tempore modulandi ratio in tres partes distributa = The division-viol, or, The art of playing ex tempore upon a ground, divided into three parts ... / authore Christophoro Simpson.

Abstract

Latin and English in parallel columns. First ed. published in 1659 under title: The division-violinist. Title within double line border. Includes engraved frontispiece portrait of Christopher Simpson. Duplicate copies appear on reels 824 and 1101. Wing number S3809A cancelled in Wing (CD-ROM, 1996). Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library. (from t.p.) I. Of the viol itself, with instructions to play upon it -- II. Use of the concords, or a compendium of descant -- III. The method of ordering division to a ground.