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The ring of the Niblung : a trilogy with a prelude / by Richard Wagner ; translated into English by Margaret Armour ; [illustrated by Arthur Rackham].

Record ID
379864
Accession number
PMM 291-92
Creator
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Object title

The ring of the Niblung : a trilogy with a prelude / by Richard Wagner ; translated into English by Margaret Armour ; [illustrated by Arthur Rackham].

Uniform title
Ring des Nibelungen. Libretto. English
Published
[London : William Heinemann] ; [New York] : [Doubleday, Page & Co.], [1910-1911]
Credit line
Gift of Hester Diamond, 2012.
Provenance
Hester Diamond.
Notes
Illustrator statement from cover of vol. 1.
Colophon: Printed by Ballantyne & Company Ltd., Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London.
Imprint from special title pages of vols. 1 and 2.
Vol. 1: ix, [1], 159, [1] p., [34] leaves of mounted col. plates; v. 2: ix, [1], 181, [3] p., [30] leaves of mounted col. plates.
Title pages illustrated in dark-gold and black; chapter heading illustrations; tailpieces; endpapers illustrated in orange and white.
Each plate accompanied by tissue-guardsheet with descriptive letterpress.
Bound in tan buckram with gilt pictorial stamping and gilt lettering on cover and spine.
The two volumes are divided into four parts: Prelude: The Rhinegold; First day of the trilogy: The Valkyrie; Second day of the trilogy: Siegfried; Third day of the trilogy: The Twilight of the gods.
Publisher's advertisement facing title page lists 5 books illustrated by Rackham.
Contents
Vol. 1. The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie -- vol. 2. Siegfried & the twilight of the gods.
Associated names
Armour, Margaret, translator.
Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939, illustrator.
Diamond, Hester, former owner.