The Life of Haydn, in a series of Letters written at Vienna, followed by The Life of Mozart, with observations on Metastasio, and on the present state of Music in France and Italy
Providence: Miller and Hutchins, 1820. First American edition. Hardcover. 1820, First American edition. 307 pp. Hardcover, rebound in green library buckram. Lacks the original blanks, prelims and half-title. Small ink stamp to title page; all of the other library markings appear on the blank endpapers. 2-inch closed snag to to the title page; moderate browning to the contents. Stendahl's first book, reputedly an amateurish rip-off of Carpani's Italian biography published less than 10 years earlier. Ex-Library. Item #0081626
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