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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 1839 J. H. Wilkins and R. B. Carter edition. Brown cloth boards with gild design on front cover with gilt letting on spine. Unmarked with the exception of a nameplate on the front endpaper and two other minor markings. Pages have absorbed a mild incense. Pages yellowed from age with foxing and wear on edges. Cover does not have a dust jacket. Cover has wear and bumping on corners. More than half of the spine on the front cover side is split from binding but still attatched. Top edge of spine has been stripped down to the edge of the binding. Some scuffs, discoloration, and wear on the front cover.

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 512 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd Edition. The lives of Haydn and Mozart with observations on Metastasio and on the present state of music in France and Italy. Translated from the French of L.A.C.Bombet. 496pp including index. Original binding and clean throughout.

Size: 8vo. xv, 496pp. Leather (worn), gilt, rebacked with leatherette. Front hinge broken. Printed by W. Lewis.

Couverture rigide. De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné | Paris 1814 | 12.50 x 20.50 cm | relié | Edition originale du tout premier livre de Stendhal, publiée sous le pseudonyme deLouis-Alexandre-César Bombet. Reliure de l'époque en demi veau brun à coins, dos lisse orné de filets et fers dorés ainsi que d'une pièce de titre de maroquin rouge. "Très rare" selon Clouzot. Provenance : Bel ex-libris gravé représentant les ruines du temple d'Apollon à Corinthe avec la devise : « Non licet omnibus » en référence à la locution latine : Non licet omnibus adire Corinthum(ll n'est pas donné à tout le monde d'aller à Corinthe). | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'Aîné | Paris 1814 | 12,5 x 20,5 cm | bound in calf First edition of Stendhal's very first book, published under the pseudonym of Louis-Alexandre-César Bombet. Contemporary binding in half brown calf, spine decorated with gilt fillets and tooling as well as a red morocco title piece. "Very rare" according to Clouzot *.

First Edition. First edition in English, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 496; engraved leaf of music, several pages with musical notation; original drab paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfback, printed paper label; corners bumped, spine toned and rubbed, Q3-Q4 with clean tear at the top margin (no loss), light foxing, very good. Small manuscript gift inscription on pastedown, "Mrs. W. Blunt with WB's best wishes." The first English edition of Stendhal's first book, written under a pseudonym, and also translated by him.