The Music of the Modern World 1895 by Anton Seidl and Fanny Morris Smith

The Music of the Modern World
Illustrated in the Lives and Works of the Greatest Modern Musicians
by Fanny Morris Smith and Anton Seidl
Published by D. Appleton and Co., New York
1895

Original color "typogravure" half-tone plates over 115 years old — NOT modern reproductions!

Sheet size: approx. 10.5 x 15 inches • Image size: varies, but most are approx. 7.75 x 12.25 inches.
The prints are adhered to a stiff card stock (as issued). Some condition issues exist and will be noted below.

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Van Dyck as Lohengrin

Very good/Excellent condition: typical browning to card backing; light foxing in top margin outside of image

$30

Emma Eames Story as La Contessa

Very good/Excellent condition: typical browning and wear to card backing

$30

Avery as Siegfried

Very good/Excellent condition: typical browning, wear and foxing on card backing; light foxing in margins outside of image

$30

Madame Sofia Scalchi as Orpheus

Very good/Excellent condition: typical browning and wear to the card backing; light foxing in margins outside of image

$30

Jean de Reszke as Romeo

Good/Very good condition: typical browning and wear to the card backing; dog-ear crease lower right corner

$25

Mme. Rosa Sucher as Isolde

Very good/Excellent condition: typical browning and wear to the card backing; slightly trimmed margins but very ample for matting/framing.

$30

Rose Caron as Desdemone

Fair/Good condition: Significant paper loss lower right of image; card backing is soiled and torn

$10

Herman Winkelmann as Walther von Stolzin
In Die Meistersinger

Very good/Excellent condition: typical browning and wear to the card backing; slightly trimmed margins but very ample for matting/framing.

$30

Frau Katherine Klafsky as Isolde

Very good/Excellent condition: typical browning and wear to the card backing; separation tear in the lower left corner

$25

Albert Niemann as Tristan

Fair/Good condition: card backing is worn and torn; paper loss to image in lower right corner

$20

Calvé as Carmen

Very good/Excellent condition: typical light browning to the card backing.

$40

Mme Marcella Sembrich as Violette

Fair condition: diagonal creases right side of image, paper loss with old acidic sticky tape 'repair' to lower right corner

$10

Tamango as Othello

Very good/Excellent condition: wear and tear to card-stock backing paper, but image is excellent.

$40

The Glinka Anniversary at Marine Theatre St Petersburg

The Glinka Anniversary at the Marine Theatre,
St Petersburg

Fair/Good condition: Paper loss to image in lower right corner of image as well as a diagonal crease; typical browning and wear to card backing.

$20

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