Beschreibung:

Wagner, Richard FINE AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED (“RICHARD WAGNER”), Fine autograph letter signed (“Richard Wagner”), to a court official, written in the year of the premiere of Tristan und Isolde, Wagner discusses the presentation of the manuscript of Das Rheingold to the King of Bavaria, Ludwig II, on the occasion of his birthday, his efforts to provide a fine binding for it, which have been fruitless, and he offers the volume in its present state as a curiosity; he remarks that the number “1” on the title refers to Das Rheingold, the first of the tetralogy, 3 pages, large 8vo, 21x13.5cms, Munich, 22 August 1865, some light browning and splitting at folds