Etudes philosophiques et morales sur l'histoire de la musique ou recherches analytiques sur les éléments constitutifs de cet artà toutes les époques, sur la signification de ses transform

First edition.
The origin of music, its importance among ancient peoples, music of the Greeks, of the Romans, the origin of plainchant, Gregorian chant, the bards, the troubadours, minstrelsy, music in France and England in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the Oratorio, opera, Lully, Bach and Handel, the fortepiano, the symphony, the founding of the conservatory, music in France in the nineteenth century among others.
Two small lacks at the head of both volumes, otherwise rare and handsome copies.