Viardot
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Luxuriously produced with a colour plate section, it opens a new vista on opera, nineteenth-century literature and history"enchantress of nations" is a lavish biography of this amazing woman whose life spanned most of the nineteenth century; and it also weaves a rich tapestry of music and literature in france, england and russiasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is a picturesque but painstakingly researched biography of the life - and the times - of the nineteenth century's maria callasshe was among 'the most brilliant dramatic stars of our time', according to franz liszt, and billed as 'the most talked of opera singer in europe'michael steen recounts the back-stage bitchiness, robbery, duels and violence, life in russia before the emancipation of the serfs, appalling disease and shocking poverty, and the unhappiness experienced by children of successful parentsdickens - reduced to tears by her singing - regarded her as 'one of the greatest actresses of any time'liszt also declared that, with pauline viardot, the world had finally found a woman composer of genius
(England)
15 €
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Translation by louis viardot and each book contains 370 compositions by gustave doré engraved on wood by hare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigustave doré (illustrator)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesigns of wear on the bindings and some signs of wear on the first pages of volume 1, otherwise in good conditionhachette, pariscondition: good2 volumes in red half leather binding, spine with 4 raised bands and gilded title - (xxiv), ppvolume one and volume two, two books together weighing approximately 10 kg and each measuring 37x29x approximately 5 cm
57 €
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Pair of central louis xv ornamental japanese style furniture in mahogany in the taste of viardotare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicabriole legs ending with claws on spacer platebronze ornamentation with gilt patinaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeabundant decorations of plant sculpturesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefront opening with 1 drawer and 1 door eachdimensions: h read moregreat quality parisian cabinetmakingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
227 €
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Openwork legs in the spirit of viardotare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeseries of napoleon iii period nesting tables with japanese style decorationplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
121 €