A History of Opera: Giving an Account of the Rise and Progress of the Different Schools, with a Description of the Master Works of Each.
by Elson, Arthur
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- Hardcover
- first
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1906. Early printing of Elson's critical history of Opera. Octavo, original publisher's cloth decorated in gilt, pictorial onlay to the front panel, top edge gilt, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Verdi, index. In near fine condition. A very nice example. Elson's A History of Opera contains accounts of the rise of light opera, Mozart and his works, classical opera, Rossini and Italian opera, Wagner and his music, and the Italian Revival.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142583
- Title
- A History of Opera: Giving an Account of the Rise and Progress of the Different Schools, with a Description of the Master Works of Each.
- Author
- Elson, Arthur
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- L. C. Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- A History of Opera First Edition, Arthur Elson First Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Autobiography;
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- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...