Author: Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
Title: Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland. Translated from the German by Lady Wallace. With a Biographical Notice by Julie de Marguerittes
Description: Philadelphia: Frederick Leypoldt / NY: James Miller / Boston: A. K. Loring, 1863. 1863. Philadelphia: Frederick Leypoldt / NY: James Miller / Boston: A. K. Loring, 1863. 1863. Good. - Small octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on spine with frames stamped in blind on both covers. The binding is rubbed & the covers are bumped with a tiny black stain to the front cover; the head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped & the titling is slightly faded. xv & 360 pp. The book is cracked at the half-title; there is an owner's ink name & address dated 1863 on the front endpaper; a B&W illustration titled "Henderson House" has been mounted on the front pastedown; the prelims are foxed & there is occasional light foxing throughout. Illustrated with B&W textual illustrations from sketches by Mendelssohn & with music staves. Good.

First American edition. Good .

Keywords: MUSIC; CLASSICAL MUSIC; COMPOSER; GERMAN; FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY; CORRESPONDENCE; LETTERS; ITALY; SWITZERLAND; LADY WALLACE; JULIE DE MARGUERITTES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

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