Album Strauss — Volume I — Isaac Strauss — Paris: Au Ménestrel (Heugel & Cie), ca. 1850–1855 — rare salon sheet music with lithographed title pages Lavishly illustrated 19th-century French salon dances for piano — gilt cloth binding — partial defects noted Rare mid-19th century French album of salon dances for piano by Isaac Strauss (1806-1888), published by Au Ménestrel / Heugel & Cie (Paris) and B. Schott & Fils (Mainz / London). Richly decorated lithographic title pages, many dedicated to European aristocracy. An attractive and uncommon witness of Second Empire salon culture. Contents (each piece with separate lithograph): St. Pétersbourg — Grande Valse, to H.M. Nicolas I, Emperor of Russia (J.S. 85, 2–11 pp.) Georgina — Polka, to Mme la Marquise de Chaumont la Force (J.S. 84, 2–5 pp.) Julia — Polka Mazurka, to Mme la Baronne A. de Rothschild (J.S. 81, 2–3 pp.) Florence — Grande Valse, to Mme la Princesse J. Poniatowska (J.S. 80, 2–9 pp.) Ana-Maria — Schottisch, to Melle Ana-Maria de Negron (J.S. 83, 2–5 pp.) — missing pp. 3–4 Emilia — Polka, to Mme la Marquise de Chavaudon (J.S. 82, 2–5 pp.) — pp. 3–4 loose Large folio (approx. 35 × 27 cm) Condition: Binding worn, corners and spine rubbed, block needs restoration. Foxing and light stains. One bifolium missing (pp. 3–4 of Ana-Maria); two loose bifolia (A Sa Majeste and Emilia). Otherwise complete with all lithographic covers. (see photos for details) Provenance and rarity: Comparable copies preserved at Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica); rarely appear complete on the market. Lithographic title pages are sought after by collectors and print historians.