Victor CERCLIER, Gabriele LEONE
Méthode raisonnée pour passer du Violon à la Mandoline [avec manuscrit relié dans le volume][Analytical Method for Mastering Mandolin after Violin] [with a 41-page manuscript bound in]
[l'auteur chez Levinville]|[Paris], s. d. [1768 ?] ; manuscrit : 1836|26 x 34.70 cm|relié
Extremely rare first edition of Gabriele Leone's mandolin method, 67 pages of fully engraved text and music, including 26 dance pieces, 6 minuets, 2 duets, a sonata and a few melodies. Complete of its illustrated frontispiece and dedication plate, as well as full-page plate depicting a Neapolitan mandolin.
Brown half chagrin, spine ruled in gilt, speckled edges, 19th century binding. Skilful restorations to the spine, spotting and dampstains, old restorations with paper glued to inner margin of first two leaves. Bookseller's label glued to the title page, masking the place and publisher's name.
Bound in: a handwritten copy of Giovanni Fouchetti's method (Méthode pour apprendre faci
Brown half chagrin, spine ruled in gilt, speckled edges, 19th century binding. Skilful restorations to the spine, spotting and dampstains, old restorations with paper glued to inner margin of first two leaves. Bookseller's label glued to the title page, masking the place and publisher's name.
Bound in: a handwritten copy of Giovanni Fouchetti's method (Méthode pour apprendre faci
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