A New and Improved Method of Instruction for the Harp.

Book. Philadelphia: A. Fiot, nd [ca. 1820's]. Folio, original printed boards, cloth spine. Pp. 68, entirely engraved. Full page illus. showing details of "The Double Movement Harp, Invented by Sebastian Erard." Binding worn and stained, foxed throughout, with running marginal stain. First American edition, unrecorded. Bochsa (1789-1856) was a noted harp virtuoso and composer of the time, a popularizer of the newly invented pedal harp, here explained in detail. He taught in London at the Royal Academy of Music beginning in 1822, likely the time this manual was written. A worn but serviceable copy of an otherwise unknown American edition. Not in Imprints, Wolfe, OCLC or NUC.