First English edition, first printing. xviii, 266pp with tissue-guarded portrait plate frontispiece and one further plate illustration. 8vo. Backstrip and edges of cloth heavily rubbed and faded, rounded on corners and spine ends, cloth worn. A little cocked. Text block edges browned. Previous owner's name neatly stamped on front free endpaper, a little toning and spotting on first and last few leaves.
Hans von Bulow as a Dresden-born conductor and composer; a student of Liszt, he was influential in establishing the reputations of Richard Wagner and Johannes Brahms. He married Liszt's daughter Cosima who later left him for Wagner. These letters are revealing of his early life, about which little else is known, and show his emerging talent and connections.
