On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music

by Hermann Helmholtz, Alexander J. Ellis

$2,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1875. First English-language edition. xxiv, 824, 24 later state ads dated Sept. 1878 pp. Illustrated. Bound in publisher's cloth with front stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, light brown endpapers. Very Good with rubbing along edges and wear at tips, newspaper article pasted onto paste down, hinges a little taxed due to weight of textblock, name written on title page and a few

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