Can I restore a previous library from my iPhone?

So.. I am on the verge of tears right now, I think I just lost over 1000 songs that I had on my phone..
I'm selling my old iPhone, so I backed it up and restored everything on the new one, but for some reason only 1 artist is in my library now. I went on my mac to transfer the full library from my old phone (which I had not wiped yet) and when doing so, iTunes overrode my library - I did not click anything that would give it permission to do so.
So now the library on both phones is the same.. only 1 artist, and I can't find the old phone's full library anywhere on the mac.
Is there any way to extract the previous library from the iPhone? I know you can do it on the mac itself, so there must be a way to do it on the phone too..
Oh please, oh please.. someone save my day!!

Backing up a phone doesn't include media.  You can transfer iTunes Store purchases. 
iTunes: About iOS backups - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946 - including a list of what is backed up.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only purchases from iTunes Store
iTunes Store purchases can likely be re-downloaded directly to the new phone and/or the computer.  Other media can only be transferred one way, computer to phone. iDevices are not intended to be the source for media.  That is the job of iTunes on the computer.  If you buy a new phone you can "restore" it from a backup then sync with the old library on the computer.  If you attach a phone to a computer and that phone was synced with a different iTunes library previously it will offer to wipe the phone.  There is a warning message this will happen.
Do you have one song purchased from Apple?  It is possible if you only have one and it is automatically being downloaded to all your devices that would explain the one track.  The rest of your music should be in your iTunes library on the computer.  If it isn't then you will have to buy third party software to see what you can rescue.  See this document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991

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