LESSONS IN MUSICAL HISTORY: A Comprehensive Outline From the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Present Time. Designed for the Use of Schools and Classes. By John Comfort Fillmore, Theodore Presser, Philadelphia, 1888.
 
This book is the result of the author's efforts to interest his pupils in the History of Music and to give them an outline of that history, presenting the facts in a clearer perspective than he could find in any textbook he had tried to use. 

Brown cover with fancy black front title & border art (top/bottom), and gilt spine title. A touch shaken with a mild center crack, two small wear marks at rear cover fore edge, and clean text pages. About 7-1/2 x 5-1/2 with 183 pp. plus end section.