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Liberal Arts Summarized forFrench Students

Tardieu-Denesle, Mme. Henri. Encyclopédie de la jeunesse, ou novel abrégé élémentaire des sciences et des arts. Paris: Henri Tardieu, X [i.e., 1802]. 12mo (17.6 cm, 7"). 2 vols. I: vi, 216 pp. II: [4], 202, [4] pp.; 2 fold. maps, 2 fold. plts.
$225.00

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The oversized, folding maps of France and the world featurehand-colored provincial and continental borders; two additional oversized, steel-engraved plates depict the gods atop Mt. Olympus and the seven wonders of the world.

Early editions of this work are uncommon.

• Quérard, La France littéraire, 341. Contemporary marbled paper–covered boards, spines with gilt-stamped leather title-labels; bindings faded and with some soiling/rubbing (most notably to spines). rubbed. Half-title of vol. I, pp. vii/viii of preface, and printed volume labels all bound in at back of vol. II; some signatures of vol. I unopened. Title-pages with traces of mostly effaced inscriptions; first and last few leaves of both volumes very lightly waterstained. One plate with two short tears from lower edge, not touching image. Solid and interesting. (27048)

BALLET

Terry, Walter. Ballet guide. Background, listings, credits, and descriptions of more than five hundred of the world's major ballets. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. 8vo. Illus.
$17.50

• Publisher's cloth. Very good condition, in a very good dust jacket; price clipped from front flap of dust jacket.

Music Overview

(Very Thorough). Sachs, Curt. Our musical heritage: A short history of music. New York: Prentice Hall, 1948. 8vo.
$15.00

• Publisher's cloth. Good-plus condition.

Boccaccio on Chestnut Street — English Libretto

Von Suppe, Franz. Boccaccio. Opera comique, in three acts...performed for the first time in the English language by H.B. Mahn's comic opera company, at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, April 5th, 1880. [Philadelphia]: H.B. Mahn, [1880]. 8vo. 37, [1] pp.
$65.00

• Good in original printed paper wrappers, faintly waterstained; pages with small edge tears and chips. (2485)

“A Full & Satisfactory PICTURE ofthe Capital of Ireland”

Warburton, John; James Whitelaw; Robert Walsh. History of the city of Dublin, from the earliest accounts to the present time. London: Pr. for T. Cadell & W. Davies by W. Bulmer & Co., 1818. 4to (28.8 cm, 11.4"). 2 vols. I: Frontis. map, [10], xx, 668 pp. (pp. 523–26 bound in following 584); 1 plt., 1 facs., 1 map, 1 fold. table. II: Frontis. map, [8], [669]–1348, cvi, [6] pp. (pagination erratic in appendix); 4 tables, 3 plts., 1 map, 1 facs. (lacking 13 plts.).
[SOLD]

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DNB

Essay on the Population of Dublin in 1798

Compendium of Irish Biography

The two volumes are illustrated with four maps (two oversized), five tables, four engraved plates, and two facsimiles for a total of 15 plates (out of 28).

• NSTC 2W4840; Goldsmiths'-Kress 22035. On Warburton, Whitelaw, and Walsh, see: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online. Recent quarter tan cloth and light blue paper–covered sides, spines with printed paper title and volume labels. Lacking 13 of 28 plates; one oversized map (Dublin Bay) present with top portion lost. Vol. I with waterstaining to first and last leaves, generally faint and mostly confined to the wide margins but affecting part of frontispiece map and touching text on three leaves; two leaves and one map with outer edges chewed; title-page with upper-marginal tear repaired some time ago. Vol. II with darker waterstaining to frontispiece map and first few leaves, as well as (more lightly) to two plates and the upper/outer parts of the central portion of volume. Age-toning, with some pages and plates foxed and occasional offsetting from images. A lesser set for sure, but one with great interest and charms remaining. (25930)

“Pretty Gitana tell us,
What the Fates decree?”

Wallace, W.V. Maritana. A grand opera, in three acts...correctly printed from the most authentic and approved acting copy, as now performed by the Richings English Opera Company. Philadelphia: Ledger Job Printing Office, 1868. 8vo. 32 pp.
$80.00

• Good in printed paper wrappers, front cover and some page edges chipped. (1003)

You, Too! Can Play

the Parlor Organ

Whitney, W. W. Improved easy method for the parlor organ. Harrisburg, PA: J. H. Troup Piano & Organ House, (1886). Oblong 4to. 99, [1] pp.
$25.00

• Publisher's quarter cloth with printed and illustrated sides. Endpapers printed. Covers soiled, worn over edges, corners bumped. Hinges (inside) reinforced, covers a bit wobbly. Complete. Good overall. (6090)

Do-It-Yourself . . .

Wohlfahrt, Heinrich. Guide to musical composition. For those who wish, in a short time, and without the aid of a teacher, to acquire the power of inventing melodies, and of providing them with suitable accompaniments... Boston: Oliver Ditson, (copyright 1859). 12mo. 96 pp.
$30.00

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• Publisher's cloth, front cover with gilt-stamped title; spine faded and cloth lightly worn. Pages clean. (10646)

Collecting going on 40 Years Ago . . .

Maggs Bros., booksellers, London. Music: A catalogue of manuscripts & printed books. Part two: Late 18th to end of the 19th century. London: Maggs Bros., 1970. 8vo. 180 pp.
$10.00

• Original printed wrappers. Some damage to spine paper.

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