1er. [2me., 3me., 4me] Recueil Vingt Mélodies pour Chant et Piano. [For mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano]

Paris: Choudens Père et Fils [PN A.C. 945(1), (1*) [1803]; A.C. 2482, A.C. 3730, 1890. 4 volumes bound in 2. Large octavo. Quarter black morocco with marbled boards, raised bands on spine in gilt-ruled compartments, titling gilt, marbled endpapers.

A total of 80 songs.

Vol. I: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto named cast list and contents, verso blank), 123 pp. Named cast includes Béranger, A. de Lamartine, Passerat, Baïf, Victor Hugo, Alfred de Musset, Eugène Tourneux, Ponsard, La Fontaine, Théodore de Banville, and A. Porte.

Vol. II: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto named cast list and contents, (truncated) verso blank), 123 pp. Named cast includes Émile Augier, O. Pradère, Jules Barbier, H. Lefevre, Louise Bertin, A. de Lamartine, Ernest Lebouvé, Leon Gozlan, L. de Peyre, and Théophile Gautier.

Vol. III: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto named cast list and contents, verso blank). 123 pp. Named cast inclues Alexandre Dumas fils, Jules Barbier, Louis Gallet, Théophile Gautier, Joseph Collin, M. Carré, Ch. Gounod, Scribe, Delavigne, Émkle Augier, Albert Delpit, O. Pradère, and Comte A. de Ségur.

Vol. IV: 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 1f. (recto named cast list and contents, verso blank). 119 pp. Named cast includes Paul de Choudens J. Barbier, Michel Carré, Comte A. de Ségur, Poirson, Gallet, Émile Augier, E. Legouvé, Eugène Manuel, and Pierre Barbier.

Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped. (Inventory #: 36763)