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Chansons et Rondes Enfantines Avec Notices et Accompagnement de Piano
Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin
1885
Garnier Freres : Paris
11" by 7.5"
vi, 116pp.
SUMMARY
A charming volume of children's songs put to piano by the notable composer Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin, illustrated with chromolithograph plates. In the original French.
Colour Plates,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good Only
This book weighs 1 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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DESCRIPTION
French.
Bound in the publisher's scarce blue floral cloth variant.
Illustrated with a chromolithograph frontispiece, three chromolithograph plates, and many in-text engravings with illustrations hand coloured to pages 71 and 89. Collated complete.
A very charming volume of children's songs, put to music for a piano accompaniment with sheet music throughout, including titles such as: Ah! Mon Beau Chateau, Cadet Rousselle, and Frere Jacques.
Written by Theodore Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin, a French composer and music publisher from Alsace.
Illustrated by Charles Henri Pille, a French painter and illustrator.
CONDITION
In the original blue pictorial cloth. Externally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and board edges with the odd small mark. Light loss of the cloth to the head and tail of the spine as well as the board tips. Hinges tender. Internally, generally firmly bound with some of the text block loosening. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and age toning. A 5" tear to pages 65 to 68 resulting in some loss. Illustrations hand coloured to pages 71 and 89.
Overall Condition: Good Only
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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