RICHARD WAGNER (1813–1883) RICHARD WAGNER’S TETRALOGY THE RHINEGOLD, THE VALKYRIE, SIEGFRIED, THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS 1 VOLUME. 1938. FIRST EDITION TRANSLATED INTO FRENCH. INCLUDING 1 DATED, AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED BY WAGNER AND A LETTER.

Paris, H. Piazza Art Editions, 1938. Edition adapted by Albert Pauphilet and illustrated with original colour illustrations by Théodore Linden. 1 vol. in-8, paperback with cloth-bound cover, colour vignette on the front cover, 198 pp., table of contents, proof of print run, numerous colour illustrations by Théodore Linden within the text, headpieces, initials, vignettes and tailpieces. One of the copies from the single, unmarked print run, following those on Japanese and Dutch paper. 24.5 x 18 cm Good condition. Spine worn, cap ends worn away, original slipcase missing. ENCLOSED: - Handwritten note in German, signed, dated 26 May 1880 1 p. ink on paper, with the imprint at the bottom: ‘AUTOGRAFO-RICORDO DI RICHARD WAGNER - RAVELLO’ ‘Richard Wagner / Mit Frau und Familie. / Klingsors Zaubergarten ist gefunden!‘ ‘Richard Wagner / With his wife and family. / Klingsor’s enchanted garden has been found!’ - Typewritten letter to Fritzsch, publisher, Bayreuth, 8 April 1878. 1 p. in French, with handwritten annotations, unsigned. He asks his publisher to send him (at his own expense) a copy of his ‘Complete Works’ (comprising 9 volumes) in a red binding, as he has promised this edition to the singer Carl Hill, ‘a famous baritone, who created the role of Alberich at Bayreuth’ (handwritten note), and states that he no longer has any complete copies available.