Les Musiciens Célèbres depuis le seizième siècle jusqu'a nos jours ... Ouvrage illustré de 44 portraits gravés a l'eau-forte par Masson, Deblois et Massard et de 3 reproductions héliographiques d'anciennes gravures par A. Durand
Paris: L. Hachette et Cie. 1868.
Large thick octavo. Full dark brown leather-backed dark brown textured cloth boards, ivory moire patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. 1f. (recto half-title, verso printer's note), 1f. (recto blank, verso bust-length frontispiece portrait of Gluck engraved by S.C. Miger), 1f. (recto title printed in red and black, verso blank), viii, 680 pp. All illustrations with tissue guards.
With the bookplate of John Fiske to front pastedown, numbered "2916" in manuscript.
Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped; upper hinge partially split. Minor internal wear; some browning and foxing. In quite good condition overall.
Item #36655
Price: $50.00 other currencies