CELLIER, Alexandre and BACHELIN, Henri. The Organ. Ses éléme - Lot 20

CELLIER, Alexandre and BACHELIN, Henri. The Organ. Ses éléments - Son histoire - Son esthétique. Published in Paris by Delagrave in 1933. In quarto / In-4 paperback, with illustrated cover, titled in red and black on spine and front cover. 254 pages, numerous illustrations (mainly photographs) in black in and out of text, including 1 frontispiece, preface, introduction, bibliography, table of contents. Spine worn (rubbing, tears to spine ends and tail caps), edges of boards and corners slightly worn. First edition of this work devoted to the organ. The first chapter deals with its elements (mechanics, resonating part, architecture), the second with its evolution (from the Hydraute of Ctesibios, at the end of the 5th century, to the organ of the 19th century), the following with music, the choir organ and the gallery organ, and the last with the aesthetics of the organ. Handwritten bookplate on title page. Very well preserved inside. A good copy.