8vo (212 x 139 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, 4 leaves, 296 pages, 2 folded facsimile plates. A rare copy in original publisher's binding. Unidentified ownership signature in purple ink to the ffe, soiling to covers, some foxing throughout, else fine. 

This is the first major biography of the composer. It features a beautiful engraved portrait on the frontispiece and facsimile plates of Beethoven's musical handwriting at the end of the volume.