Marchand, Alexandre — Du Principe Essentiel de L'Harmonie

Paris, France, Imprimerie Nationale, 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. A most handsomely bound volume in marbled paper over boards, quarter-leather, raised bands to spine, gilt tooled title and author to spine, silk linen ribbon bookmark laid in. Beautifully decorated endpapers. Previous owner's name penned at first free endpaper, that of Gustave Lefevre (?). Some soiling to and foxing of endpapers, moderate foxing to interior, else clean and unmarked, being quite bright of appearance. Red-staining to all three edges, quite lovely. Dedication by the author to Monsieur Ambroise Thomas, Membre de L'Institut, Directeur du Conservatoire. Musical notations and scores of scores.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good