[Rarebooks] For Sale: Gasperini, "Richard Wagner," 1865

[Norman Kane]

GASPERINI, A[UGUSTE] DE.   LA NOUVELLE ALLEMAGNE MUSICALE: RICHARD 
WAGNER.  Paris:Heugel, 1865. The scarce first edition of this early 
appreciation of Wagner. Later boards, light wear, approx. 10 X 6 1/2 
inches, original wrappers affixed to front and back covers. [6], 173, 
[2] pages.  Frontispiece (photo), and 2 facsimiles, (one - music ms - 
folding.)  Only 4 copies in OCLC - 3 in the US & one in the UK.
At top of title: "Etude Publiee par le Menestrel."  1865 was the year 
in which "Tristan und Isolde" had its first production.
$90.00         (Trade Discount Available)


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