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MERA SETT`S BOOK OF STORIES WITH BEAUTIFUL DRAWINGS BASED ON THE MUSICAL WORKS OF FAMOUS COMPOSERS


Estimate: Rs 20,000-Rs 40,000 ( $315-$625 )


TITLE: Sculptured Melodies
AUTHOR: Mera Sett
PUBLISHER: Grant Richards
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1922
EDITION: First
BINDING: Special binding
NO.OF PAGES: 111
SIZE:
Height: 29.5 cm
Width: 23 cm
Depth: 2 cm

A beautifully illustrated, limited edition of Sett's book of stories based on the musical works of famous composers, unsigned copy by the author.

This edition was limited to five hundred copies, of which one hundred were numbered and signed by the author.This is an inscription copy.

Illustrated throughout by the author, with a frontis and tissue guard, and eleven plates. Collated complete.

Sculptured Melodies comprises the chapters: Romance - Rubenstein; Valse Triste - Chopin; Fantaisie Impromptu - Chopin; Funeral March - Chopin; Dumky Trio - Dvorak; Reverie - Schumann; Prelude, Op. 7 - Chopin; Chanson Triste - Tschaikowsky; Menuet - Beethoven; Ballade, Op. 3 - Chopin; and Ave Maria - Gounod.

Mera Ben Kavas Sett was usually an illustrator, but authored Sculptured Melodies.