Boston, Henry Tolman & Co. 1863 copyright. Original edition.
Hardcover, Original gilt decorated and embossed red cloth boards with gilt title on front, professionally re-spined with owner’s name stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, quarto, 224 pages, music scores.

The volume includes the piano scores of about 200 pieces from many genres including; classical music, operas, popular dance forms, traditional and folk tunes. Classical composer include Beethoven, Handel, Meyerbeer, Czerny Mendelssohn, Strauss, Weber, Offenbach, Schubert, etc.
Also includes are several quadrilles based on medleys of operatic tunes and a set of Columbian quadrilles based on The Star Spangled Banner, Hail Columbia, Yankee Doodle and other patriotic compositions.
The many traditional dances and reels include Arkansas Traveller, Banjo Dance, Camptown Hornpipe, Highland Fling, Irish Washerwoman, Virginia Reel, etc., etc.

CONDITION: Good. (The boards have wear at edges, worn and chipped corners, the lettering on the spine cloth is a bit faded. The endpapers and pastedowns are professionally repaired and have some some soil and stains. The Contents are complete and intact, and are clean except for some staining at the blank fore margin of the Title Page, Table of Contents and about 10 leaves of music scores.
The binding is tight.)