[Chopin, Frédéric. (1810–1849)] Barbedette, Hippolyte. (1827–1901) Chopin. Essai de critique musicale - FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST BOOKS ON CHOPIN8vo. (16 x 23. 7 cm). viii (9) 68 pp. Fine full blue morocco jansen style binding with raised bands and title in gilt, marbled inner boards bordered in beautiful gilt stamped design. Scattered minor foxing, a few rubs to the boards, overall a fine copy of this scarce volume. The remarkable French polymath Hippolyte Barbedette was not only a composer (of at least 150 works), but also the author of biographies of many contemporary and earlier musicians: