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ACKERMANN, Rudolph, publisher. Characters in the great fancy dress ball given by the British ambassador Sir Henry Wellesley at Vienna, at the conclusion of the carnival, 1826 ... Ackermann, London  1828

Second edition. Small 4to., 13 hand-coloured plates, original cloth-backed printed wrappers, cloth case.

The carnival is best remembered for being the occasion at which Johann Strauss established himself with his famous Tauberl-Walzer.

£1500

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