[ALBRECHTSBERGER, Johann Georg (1736-1809)]. Methods of Harmony Figured Base and Compositions Adapted for Self-Instruction, Translated From the Last German Edition as Augmented and Arranged by his Pupil the Chevalier von Seyfried, With the Remarks of M. Choron. Translated From the Last Paris Edition by Arnold Merrick. London: R. Cocks & Co., 1843.
Hardcover. First English Edition. In two volumes. Leather bound. Octavo (235 x 150 mm), pp. [lxxii], 335, (1); (2), 432. Date from Preface. Contemporary half-leather, smooth spines, gilt lettering and rules. Marbled boards, page edges, pastedowns and endpapers. Portrait frontispiece in volume I. Volume II consists of mostly sheet music or music examples. Armorial bookplate of Henry Parr to front pastedowns. Dedicated to Ignaz Moscheles (the last pupil of Albrechtsberger), preface by the Chevalier de Seyfried, preface to the French translation by M. Choron, biographical memoir of Albrechtsberger by the Chevalier de Seyfried, list of names of the principal pupils of Albrechtsberger (including Beethoven), catalogue of works, list of subscribers, additional names, appendix, indexes, initial and terminal blanks present. Condition: VERY GOOD. Bindings very well preserved with slight wear to extremities. Collated complete the contents largely very tidy with some mild off-setting and foxing to endpapers. A scarce set.
