Antique 1880s Piano Sheet Music Bound Book Mozart Schumann Wagner Dresden For Sale

Antique late-19th-century bound collection of piano sheet music containing 13 separately published works by and relating to prominent European composers.The volume appears to have been privately assembled and professionally bound in Dresden, Germany. The inside cover retains the original “Albert Ehrlich, Buchbinder, Dresden-A.” bookbinder’s stamp.The collection includes works and arrangements associated with Mozart, Robert Schumann, Wagner, Joseph Haydn, Charles Grobe, Jules Egghard, Henri Ghys, Alfred Jaëll and others.Notable contents shown include:* W. A. Mozart – selected sonatas and piano works, J. G. Cotta, Stuttgart, including an edition dated 1885
* Robert Schumann – Clavierwerke, Bunte Blätter and Phantasiestücke
* Richard Wagner – Walther’s Preislied from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, transcribed for piano by Alfred Jaëll
* Charles Grobe – Robin Adair with Brilliant Variations, Op. 1789, Lee & Walker, Philadelphia
* Jules Egghard – Le Jet d’Eau, Op. 76, C. A. Spina, Vienna
* Henri Ghys – Air composé par le Roi Louis XIII, Hanover Edition
* Joseph Haydn – Gipsy Rondo
* J. Rummel – La Serenata de G. Braga
* Georg Reynaud – Bilder in Tönen, Op. 6
* Additional classical piano selectionsSeveral pieces retain period music-dealer stamps, and some pages have an early handwritten owner’s name.Large folio format measuring approximately 10 1/4” × 13”.The exterior is heavily worn from age, particularly the spine, which has significant material loss and exposed binding beneath. Covers have rubbing, fading and edge/corner wear. Interior pages have scattered foxing, toning, occasional tears and period annotations but remain generally attractive with strong printing. Decorative 19th-century title pages are particularly striking.A fascinating surviving example of a late-19th-century musician’s personally assembled collection, combining German, Austrian, British and American published piano music in its original Dresden binding.Sold intact as one antique volume. Please examine photographs carefully for condition and contents.