Author: Dumersan, Tehophile Marion; Champfleury and J.B. Weckerlin
Title: Chants Et Chansons Polulairs de la France; Chansons Populaires Des Provinces de France (4 Volumes)
Description: Paris, Bourdillat, 1860. Hardcover. 4 Volume set. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and four raised bands on spine. Volumes 1-3 are all edge gilt with white silk end pages. Volume 4 has marble decorative end pages. Volume 1-3 unpaginated and profusely illustrated in bw. Volume 4; XXVII, 221, (2) pp. illustrated in bw throughout. Text in French. Contents for each volume: I: Chants guerriers et patriotiques ; Chansons bachiques. II: Chansons et chansonnettes ; Chansons burlesques et satiriques. III: Chansons choisies ; Romances ; Rondes et complaintes. IV: Noels ; Chansons de mai ; Ballades ; Chansons de métiers ; Rondes ; Chansons de mariées. We believe volumes 1-3 are reprints from 1860 and volume 4 is a first printing. See photos please. Popular songs from the provinces of France. Notices by Champfleury; piano accompaniment by J.B. Wekerlin. VG- (Shelf wear to boards, previous owner bookplate inside volumes 1-3. Soiling to end pages. Age toning and light foxing to volumes 1-3. Volume 4 has foxing to block and lightly throughout) .

Keywords: Music ; Ballads, French Songs ; ;


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