The articles relating to music are largely by J.A.P. Schulz and J.P. Kirnberger; see New Grove.

Engraved frontispiece by Daniel Chodowiecki. Tipped onto the foredge margin of p. 899 is a folded perspective view engraved by Chodowiecki after Lambert. At p. 946 ff. are 5 woodcut plates with music, 3 of them folded and tipped onto foredge margins. Woodcut t.p. vignette, v. 1, signed by Unger. Similar vignette in v. 2 signed by Hafe. Head and tail pieces, some signed by Unger after I.W. Meil. In-text cuts, many of them musical notation.

New Grove dict. of music and musicians

Binding: tan paper sprinkled black, half mottled leather. Red spine labels with author and title in gilt; black spine labels with pt. numbers and scope. The edges red.