Adolf Eckstein (1842-1904)

MUSIKALISCHES DEUTSCHLAND. GALERIE VON ZEITGENOSSEN AUF DEM GEBIETE DER MUSIK

1902
Book format 2°, 46x30,5 cm. Gallery of 63 photographic portraits of significant German musical personalities. Portraits printed in photogravure, completed with facsimiles of signatures and biographical text on one or more sheets. The work is dedicated to His Excellency Count Bolk von Hochberg, whose portrait serves as the frontispiece. Following are portraits of, for example, Eugen d`Albert, Max Bruch, Joseph Joachim, Carl Reinecke, and Richard Strauss. Hardcover binding with textile cover, Art Nouveau decoration with colored and gold embossing. Published by Adolf Eckstein Verlag in Berlin-Charlottenburg in 1902. Incomplete, missing portrait of O. Krain, slightly loose binding, worn and dirty, torn spine, book block in good condition.