Reisebriefe aus den Jahren 1830 bis 1832 von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Neunte Auflage

Leipzig: Hermann Mendelssohn, 1882. Octavo. Full dark teal cloth with titling within decorative device gilt with ornately-blindstamped corners within blindstamped rules, titling to spine gilt within decorative device gilt. 1f. (recto blank, verso half-title), 1f. frontispiece (recto blank, verso photographic illustration of Mendelssohn on his death bed), 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [v]-vii (foreword by Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy dated Berlin, March, 1861), [i] (blank), 366 text, [367]-373 (index), [i] (blank) pp., 1f. (publisher's advertisements). Tissue guard to photographic frontispiece. With occasional musical examples and illustrations in text.

With autograph inscription signed "Hermann Mendelssohn" and other ownership notations.

Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped; upper board detached. Uniformly browned; some foxing; a few very small tears to blank edges. Volume 1 of 2 only.