Europäische Musikgeschichte

Kassel: Bärenreiter-Verlag, 2002. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo size, two volume set, 1396 pp., all text in German. A European history of music in two volumes, all text in German.

___DESCRIPTION: Bound in maroon paper over boards, illustration on front cover and smaller one on spine with title printed in white, summary of book bulleted on back cover, replete with both black and white and color illustrations; octavo size (9 3/5" x 6 4/5"), pagination: Vol I [1-8] 9-665 [3 pages of advertisements]; Vol II [669-679] 680-1392 [4 pages of advertisements]. Maroon slipcase with color illustrations on front and rear and white printed lettering on three sides.

___CONDITION: A solid very good set, with clean boards, two corners slightly bumped with the others perfectly straight, all without rubbing, strong, square text blocks with solid hinges, the interiors clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; the aforementioned two bumped corners, light bumping to the head and tails of the spines, and the rear joint cracked at the top several inches on Volume I. Slipcase is very good, the colours bright, without sunning; all component parts present and attached, with light overall wear including some creasing and small tears at the opening.

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