Orpheus musikalisches Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1840 ... Erster Jahrgang

Wien ... Leipzig: Franz Riedl's Wittwe & Sohn ... Liebeskind, 1839. Octavo. Contemporary mid-brown cloth-backed heavy marbled paper wrappers, all edges gilt. 1f. (recto decorative title printed in ivory on a dark red ground within decorative border with floral motifs, verso blank), 1f. (recto secondary title, verso quote from Shakespeare), 1f. (recto blank, verso bust-length portrait of Louis Spohr by Jos. Axmann after Roux), 1f. (recto lithographic illustration, verso blank), 1f. (recto dedication, verso blank), 2ff. (verse), 302 pp., 1f. (contents).

Contains essays on Spohr, the posthorn, lieder, song, etc., plus 22 folding plates of lithographic music including:
- Kreutzer, Conradin 1780-1849: Thränenfrucht Ballade von Th. Herzenkron. 8 pp. on 4 plates
- Lindpaintner, Peter Josef von 1791-1856: Erinnerungen Gedicht von J.N. Vogl. 5 pp. on 3 plates
- Marchner, Heinrich August 1795-1861: An den Sonnenschein gedicht von R. Reinick. 5 pp. on 3 plates
- Mendelssohn, Felix 1809-1847: Lied by Victor Hugo deutsch von C. Dräxler-Manfred. 2 pages on 1 plate
- Müller, Adolf 1801-1886: Der Czikos Ballade von J.N. Vogl. 10 pp. on 5 plates
- Spohr, Louis 1784-1859: Verlust Gedicht von W. Zimmermann. WoO99. 4 pp. on 2 plates
- Wolfram: Das Vaterhaus gedicht von F. Pauer. 7 pp. on 4 plates

Wrappers quite worn. Some internal wear, browning, soiling, staining, and foxing; some small edge tears; preliminary leaves reinforced with linen tape to inner margins and with some paper repairs. First Edition of the Mendelssohn Lied and Spohr Verlust. Wehner J6, p. 123 and Göthel p. 462.