40pp, plus numerous tissue guarded plate illustrations showing cameo portraits of many European musical artists. Red cloth-covered boards, richly decorated with black and gilt, gilt lettering. Decorated endpapers. Small folio. Boards are worn and marked, rubbed all round ends, rounded at corners and at ends of sunned spine, slightly frayed at spine ends. Hinges cracked and volume a little shaken, one tissue guard partially detached. Hint on toning in page margins.