Description
Signed limited edition of The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie by Richard Wagner, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham.
Large octavo, ix, [2], 3-159pp, [1]. Finely bound in three-quarter red morocco, red cloth-covered boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine with gilt embellished compartments. Top edge gilt. Solid text block, light wear to edges of covers, some foxing throughout text. Complete with 34 full-page plates, including frontispiece. Each plate mounted to brown cardstock with captioned tissue guard. (Latimore & Haskell 37)
One of 1150 limited edition copies, this one numbered 508. Signed by the illustrator, Arthur Rackham, on the limitation page.
Original title of this composition by Richard Wager in German was Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of Nibelung), a collection of four German language music dramas. The four parts include: Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods).
