SELIGMANN (Prosper) [Collection of works by cellist and composer Prosper Seligmann (1817-1882)]. 5 works in one in-16 volume, red half-chagrin, spine ribbed, speckled edges, covers preserved (period binding). Factitious collection of 5 extremely rare literary fantasias, now almost impossible to find, composed by the cello virtuoso and composer Prosper Seligmann (1817-1882), a friend of Berlioz and author of numerous divertissements and fantasias for cello and piano. Includes the following booklets and works, probably published on a self-publishing basis for a small circle of friends and family members. They all deal with music: - AVENTURES ET VOYAGES. S.l., 1876. - (1 blank f.), XV pp. with grey cover - FEUILLETONS. S.l., s.d. -(1 blank f.), 82 pp. (1 blank f.), yellow front cover preserved. Divided into 7 parts: Les Malheurs d'un artiste (Excerpt from Journal de Nice). - Le Vol à la clarinette. - Le Chant du cygne. - Violons et violoncelles (History, memories and anecdotes). - Le Carillon d'Anvers and Le Carnaval de Venise. - For a lost flute. Souvenir de diligence. - Les Infortunés nocturnes d'un violoncelliste. Souvenirs - LE PREMIER CONCERT. [Nice: impr. S. C. Cauvin et Cie], s.d. - 26 pp, blue front cover preserved - NOTES SANS PORTÉE D'UN VIOLONCELLISTE. Nice: typographie S. Cauvin-Empereur, 1880. -(2 ff. first blank), 77 pp. Without cover - PARIS EN NOIR. A drama in Brussels. Rouge et noire. Medicine at the piano. Chopin gastronome. Meyerbeer in Nice. Nice: typographie-Lithog. S. Cauvin-Empereur, 1881. - (2 ff. first blank), 83 pp. Without cover. Seligmann's copy, which has remained in his family since it bears a bookplate reading "Eug. Provenance: Eug. Seligmann, with engraved bookplate and bookplate stamp.