Bound copy of twelve issues of a humorous bimonthly periodical on musical affairs, published by Alexis Azevedo, the Parisian music critic and biographer of Rossini. Between paragraphs, the magazine features highly amusing small drawings of personified sixteenth-note characters in various positions: dancing, lying down, carrying a treble clef, and even fencing!  24mo. Nos. 1-6 (April-September 1874), 192 pp; nos 7-12 (October-December 1874), 186 pp; index to the second volume, vi pp. Green and gold marbled boards. Wear and toning to the edges; overall very good in fine binding.