Hector Berlioz — Les Soirees de L&Apos;Orchestre

Paris , Calmann Levy , 1878. Leather. A handsomely bound third edition of Hector Berlioz's highly entertaining narrative centring on the exchanges of orchestral performers. The third edition under publisher Calmann Levy. Another third edition was published under Michel Levy in 1871. Bound in quarter crushed morocco, with marbled paper covered boards and endpapers. This charming narrative takes the reader through twenty-five evenings in the company of various groups of musicians, who tell tales and exchange gossip in between their performances of fashionable operas in northern Europe. From French Romantic composer and conductor, Hector Berlioz, whose own operas include 'Benvenuto Cellini' and 'Les Troyens&apos.  Bound in quarter crushed morocco, with marbled paper covered boards and endpapers. Externally, smart, with rubbing to the extremities, notably to the spine head. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age toned, with scattered spots throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .