Lot n° 224
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STENDHAL. VIE DE ROSSINI, ORNEE DES PORTRAITS DE ROSSINI ET - Lot 224
STENDHAL. VIE DE ROSSINI, ORNEE DES PORTRAITS DE ROSSINI ET DE MOZART. Paris, Auguste Boulland, 1824. 2 volumes in-8, bradel velin rigide, covers and spine (later binding).
ORIGINAL EDITION with engraved portraits of Rossini and Mozart, translated almost immediately in London and Leipzig. For Stendhal, Rossini's biography was a pretext for criticizing the state of Italy after the fall of Napoleon. Copy entirely untrimmed, a few brown spots. (Escoffier n°510) (Cordier, 64-1).
From the Paul Muret library (bookplate). ED
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