Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883
Title:
The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie / by Richard Wagner ; with illustrations by Arthur Rackham ; translated by Margaret Armour.
Alternate Title(s):
Rhinegold and the Valkyrie
Published / Created:
London : William Heinemann ; 1910.

New York : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1910.
Physical Description:
ix, 159, [1] p., [34] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
ML50.W34 R45 1910
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Creighton Gilbert, Yale MA (HON.) 1981

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
With a preliminary half-title leaf. Half-title leaf reads: Ring of the Niblung, a trilogy with a prelude by Richard Wagner. Translated into English by Margaret Armour. 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.

Printed by Ballantyne & Company Ltd., Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London.

Color plates mounted on heavy paper accompanied by guardsheets with descriptive letterpress.

A translation into English from the original German.

Illustrated preliminary and rear end papers. Signed: Arthur Rackham.

Engraved vignette on t.p.

T.p. printed in gold and black ink.

Gettings, F. Arthur Rackham, p. 177

Hamilton, J. Arthur Rackham, p. 188

NSTC, O787687

BAC: British Art Center copy is second impression, Noverber 1910.
Subject Terms:
Operas -- Librettos. | Heinemann, William -- Publisher. | Ballantyne & Company Ltd. -- Printer.
Form/Genre:
Photomechanical prints -- 1910.
Contributors:
Armour, Margaret, tr. | Rackham, Arthur, 1867–1939, ill. | Wagner, Richard, 1813–1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre (Libretto). English.