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Lot 412

Shelf of Twelve Finely Bound Theatrical and Musical Works.

Estimate: $300 - $400

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[Fine Bindings] Shelf of Twelve Finely Bound Theatrical and Musical Works. Titles include Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut (1923; limited to 500 copies, this being No. 28; half blue-green levant, compartments with intricate centerpieces with overlapping tools featuring a bow with arrow, and two torches); Galerie Historique de la Com?die Fran?ais (1876; quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands); Aristotle?s Poetics; or, Discourses (London, 1775; contemporary full calf with morocco spine label titled in gilt); The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan by G.G.S. in 2 vols. (1902; half crimson levant over marbled boards, spine compartments with gilt scrollwork and titling); A Collection of Old Ballads in 3 vols. (London, 1723; half morocco over marbled boards, compartments with gilt scrollwork and titling); Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland (Boston, n.d. [1870s?]; half morocco over marbled boards, spine with gilt filets and lettering); Oeuvres de Fran?ois Copp?e (Paris, [1972]; half crushed morocco over marbled boards, compartments with gilt scrollwork and centerpieces); The Musical Cyclopedia: or the Principles of Music (Boston, 1834; half polished calf over marbled boards, compartments with gilt centerpieces and scrollwork, morocco spine label titled in gilt); and Alexander the Great; or the Rival Queens by Nathaniel Lee (ca. 1830s/40s; half calf over pastepaper, a.e.m.). 16mo/8vo. Generally, very good.