Seidl, Anton:

THE MUSIC OF THE MODERN WORLD ILLUSTRATED IN THE LIVES AND WORKS OF THE GREATEST MODERN MUSICIANS AND IN REPRODUCTIONS OF FAMOUS PAINTINGS, ETC. ANTON SEIDL, EDITOR IN CHIEF. ASSISTED BY FANNY MORRIS SMITH, .E. KREHBIEL, CONSULTING EDITOR. W.S. HOWARD, ART EDITOR. IN TWO VOLUMES. [VOLUME I. TEXT; VOLUME TWO. MUSIC].

New York: D. Appleton and Company, [1895]. Folio, 12.5" x 16", two volumes, with a Very Good text but significant cover wear. Vol. I: x, 236pp, frontispiece portrait of author, numerous illustrations, vignettes, 4 half-tone plates, 25 photogravure plates, 24 of 25 typogravure plates in color [lacks "The Jester" at page 25; one color plate has come loose from its page but is present]. Vol. II: vi, 348pp, frontispiece, illustrated. Bound in half leather with cloth boards [rubbed, corners worn through], gilt decorated and lettered spine with raised bands [spine of Vol. I missing large pieces, spine of Vol. II nearly detached]. Good+. Item #26908

Price: $275.00