Life of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from the German of W.A. Lampadius. With supplementary sketches by Sir Julius Benedict, Henry F. Chorley, Ludwig Rellstab, Bayard Taylor, R.W. Willis, and J.S. Dwight. Additional Notes by C.L. Gruneisen ... Second edition, revised

London: William Reeves, 1877. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Original publisher's full maroon cloth with titling gilt to spine. 243 pp. With frontispiece head-and-shoulders portrait of the composer. Publisher's catalogue and small bookseller's label laid down to front pastedown. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped; head and tail of spine frayed with minor loss. Uniform light browning; occasional foxing; first leaves partially detached. Inscription to head of half-title dated 1885.