4 volume set Volume 1 to 4  of Famous Composers and their Works  1891  J B Millet Company. crx RR Have gilt edge all in very good vintage condition have slight vintage aroma of 140 plus years.
 
Famous Composers and Their Works (Four-Volume Set), edited by John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas, and Karl Klauser, and published in 1891 by the J.B. Millet Company, is a monumental late-19th-century masterpiece of musical scholarship and luxury subscription publishing, celebrating the lives, times, and masterworks of the world's greatest composers
Immerse yourself in the golden age of classical music history with this complete four-volume set of Famous Composers and Their Works, published in 1891 by the J.B. Millet Company. Bearing traditional archive catalog markings (crx, RR), this magnificent subscriber's edition is sumptuously appointed with gleaming gilt-edged pages, opulent period bindings, and hundreds of exquisite portraits, biographical essays, and musical excerpts compiled by leading musicologists of the era. Displaying authentic, graceful character from over 140 years of history—including a gentle, classic vintage aroma—all four volumes are presented in very good vintage condition. This breathtaking set is an extraordinary centerpiece for classical musicians, historical libraries, and collectors of fine 19th-century literature.