Bound volume of Quadrilles, Waltzes, Polkas, etc. Large 4to, 25 scores, [170] pages, various publishers, various dates (mostly 1840s).
Contemporary blue quarter morocco with marbled paper-covered boards. Title leaves bound in, some gilt, pictorial or hand-coloured, some pieces taken from larger works, two leaves torn with loss, some occasional foxing, some leaves trimmed (the Vesuvius Polka especially is cut down from a folio). Very good condition.
Principal contents: The Special Quadrilles and Waltz Inscribed to the Loyal Special Constables of the Nation by F.A.Diball (Title,8p London: H. Tolkein, 1848); The Post Horn Galop as Performed at the court Ball, the Nobility's Soirees, and the Promenade Concerts. Composed by H. Koenig. (Title, 6p, London: Published by Jullien [184?]); The Vesuvius Polka … on … airs from [D. F. E. Auber's opera] Masaniello. By Valentine Morris (Title, 8[2]p, London , [1849]); L'Invitation au Bal, A Set of New Quadrilles for the Piano Forte, Selected & Arranged from Strass' most favorite Airs. By William Forde. (Lithographic title, 12p, London, Printed and Sold by R.Cocks); Grand Quadrille on the Most Admired Airs from Adolphe Adam's Grand Ballet, Le Diable a Quatre, arranged for the piano-forte by Tolbecque (Decorative title in black ad gold, 5[1]p, Published by Jullien, n.d); The Highland Polka, Performed before the Queen, Composed for the Piano Forte by S.D. Saunders. (Hand-coloured engraved title, 2-3p, London, Published by Duncombe & Co., n.d.); Musical Bouquet. Partant Pour La Syrie, The Popular French Air, as performed by Jullien's Band, and by the celebrated Guides' Band. With the correct French and English Words. (Pictorial title, 2-3[1]p, Musical Bouquet Office, [1854]); George Heriot, Dedicated to "Auld Gallants," in Every Part of the World. Written by George Soane. The Music by Charles E. Horn. (Coloured lithographic title, 6[2]p, n.d.); Little Gipsy Jane. Written by Edward Fitzball. Composed by Charles W. Glover. (Title, 5[1]p, London, Campbell, Ransford & Co. Music Sellers & Publishers, [c.1850]
