Richard WAGNER

Richard WAGNER

Born22 mai 1813
Died13 février 1883
LanguagesGerman, Italian
NationalityGermany
Compositeur, dramaturge et critique musical
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  • WAGNER Ricart
  • WAGNER Riccardo
  • WAGNER Wilhelm Richard
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WAGNER, Richard
  1. Musique et poésie
    André SUARÈS (Richard WAGNER)

    Musique et poésie[Music and Poetry]

    Claude Aveline|Paris 1928|14.5 x 19.2 cm|Broché

    First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on imperial Japan paper, this copy no. 1, from the deluxe issue.

    A fine copy.

    €350
  2. Oper und Drama
    Richard WAGNER

    Oper und Drama[Opera and Drama]

    Verlagsbuchhandlung von J.J. Weber|Leipzig 1869|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
    | Inscribed copy concealing the secret truth of Wagner's (thwarted) love story |

    Second edition, with parts previously unpublished, with a new preface ("An Constantin Frantz", dated April 28, 1868, Tribschen bei Luzern). The first edition was published by the same publisher in 1852.
    Full burgundy morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt turn-ins, original first softcover preserved, top edge gilt, gilt leading edges.
    Some foxing, more pronounced on some leaves, a small restoration to the upper right-hand corner on pages...
    €30,000
  3. [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Richard Wagner
    Richard WAGNER

    [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Richard Wagner

    Ghemar Frères|Bruxelles [Brussels] s. d. [circa 1860]|6 x 9.30 cm|une photographie
    Original albumen print, in carte de visite format, mounted on a card from the Ghemar Brothers' studio in Brussels, depicting Richard Wagner in profile.
    Handwritten annotations on the verso.
    Richard Wagner made only one visit to Belgium, to conduct two concerts in the capital on 25 and 28 March 1860. It was most likely on this occasion that he posed before the Ghemar Brothers' camera.
    We have not located any other copy of this photograph in international public collections.
    €1,200
  4. Wagner's influence on literary and artistic avant-garde
    Revue wagnérienne, collection complète
    Richard WAGNER, Catulle MENDÈS

    Revue wagnérienne, collection complète

    Imprimeries Morellet • Boyer & Cie|Paris 1885-1888|16.80 x 24.60 cm|3 volumes reliés

    Complete collection in 36 issues (including three double issues) bound in three volumes - First year: 12 issues, from 8 February 1885 to 6 January 1886 - Second year: 12 issues, from 8 February 1886 to 15 January 1887 - Third year: 12 issues, from February 1887 to January 1888.
    Illustrated with 4 full-page lithographs by Fantin-Latour: L'Évocation d'Erda - Odilon Redon : Brünnhilde - Jacques-Emile Blanche : Tristan et Isolde and Le pur-simple.
    Three quarter brown morocco binding, smooth spine titled in gilt, marbled paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, orignal wrappers preserved, binding signed by Dupré.
    Numerous contributions...

    €10,000
  5. [Photographie] Portrait photographique de Richard Wagner
    (Richard WAGNER) ELLIOTT & FRY

    [Photographie] Portrait photographique de Richard Wagner

    Elliott & Fry|London 1877|10.50 x 16.60 cm|une feuille
    Original cabinet card format photograph. Silver gelatin bromide print.
    Photograph mounted on rigid cardboard. Photographer's advertisement on verso and lower margin.
    Medium photographic portrait of composer Richard Wagner who made a third journey to London in 1877 to conduct several concerts intended to fill the financial chasm of Bayreuth; he was on this occasion presented to Queen Victoria. It was during this trip that he had himself photographed at Elliott & Fry who had an address on Baker Street. He undoubtedly used this print for his promotion.
    €1,500
  6. [Photographie] Portrait photographique de Richard Wagner
    (Richard WAGNER) Friedrich BRUCKMANN

    [Photographie] Portrait photographique de Richard Wagner

    Friedrich Bruckmann|Munich 1866|10.70 x 17.10 cm|une feuille
    Original cabinet card format photograph. Gelatin silver bromide print retouched with pen.
    Photograph mounted on rigid card. Bruckmannn's portrait collection Nr. 180. Friedrich Bruckmann in Munchen. Trace of a fold at the upper right corner, in the margin. Silver points around the portrait which indicate an early printing and not a later reprint, as in later printings this photograph was retouched to erase the grain.
    Friedrich Bruckmann (1814-1898) was a German publisher and photographer who specialized in artist photography and had an extensive catalogue.
    Fine print, skillfully retouched with pen.
    €1,500
  7. "Brunnhild" - Lithographie originale sur Chine - L'Estampe Moderne
    Gaston BUSSIERE (Richard WAGNER)

    "Brunnhild" - Lithographie originale sur Chine - L'Estampe Moderne

    Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Mai 1898)|21 x 34 cm|une feuille
    Rare original lithograph, executed by Gaston Bussière for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 13 published in May 1898.
    One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with the numbered stamp of the deluxe printing on the verso, pale marginal foxing.
    Lithograph inspired by some verses entitled La Valkyrie, extracted from L'Anneau du Nibelung by Richard Wagner, translated by A. Ernst.
    Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of...
    €500
  8. Lettres françaises de Richard Wagner
    Richard WAGNER, Julien TIERSOT

    Lettres françaises de Richard Wagner[French Letters by Richard Wagner]

    Grasset|Paris 1935|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on pure wove vellum, the only copies printed on deluxe paper.
    Frontispiece with a reproduction of a portrait of the composer.
    Endpapers lightly toned, two offsets on the colophon and its facing page caused by the justification ribbon.
    A handsome and rare copy of this collection of letters presented by Julien Tiersot.
    €800
  9. [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Richard Wagner
    Richard WAGNER

    [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Richard WagnerCabinet card portrait of Richard Wagner

    Fritz Luckhardt|Wien [Vienna] s. d. [circa 1860]|6.40 x 10.50 cm|une photographie
    Cabinet card portrait of Richard Wagner
    Original cabinet card photograph of Richard Wagner on albumen paper, mount with the stamp of the Fritz Luckhardt studio in Vienna.
    Annotations on the back, including "Collection Romi". French journalist and "historian of the unusual" Robert Miquel ran a store in Paris at 15 rue de Seine, captured by Robert Doisneau in his photograph series entitled "La Vitrine de Romi".
    No other examples of this photograph found in public collections.
    €1,200
  11. La Tétralogie
    Edmond MALASSIS, Richard WAGNER

    La Tétralogie

    L'Edition d'art H. Piazza|Paris 1942|17.50 x 24 cm|broché
    Edition adorned with original color illustrations by Edmond Malassis.
    Handsome copy despite two small tears to the spine.
    Sold
  12. La tétralogie
    Théodore LINDEN, Richard WAGNER

    La tétralogie

    L'Edition d'art H. Piazza|Paris 1938|17.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
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  15. Beethoven
    Richard WAGNER

    Beethoven

    Editions de La revue blanche|Paris 1902|12 x 19 cm|broché
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  16. Wagner
    (Richard WAGNER) Guy de POURTALÈS

    Wagner

    Gallimard|Paris 1932|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
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  17. L'oeuvre et la mission de ma vie, autobiographie inédite
    Richard WAGNER

    L'oeuvre et la mission de ma vie, autobiographie inédite

    Imp. Schiller|Paris 1884|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation prepared by E. Hippeau.
    Precious copy of the composer and organist Alexandre Guilmant with his signature at the top of the first cover dish.
    Binding in bradel in full paper in the tank, smooth back title label along with black shagreen, preserved cover plates, binding signed Goy & Vilaine.
    Gaps filled on the second cover, freckles on the first guard.
    Rare.
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  18. Quatre poèmes d'opéras précédés d'une lettre sur la musique
    Georges-Antoine ROCHEGROSSE, Richard WAGNER

    Quatre poèmes d'opéras précédés d'une lettre sur la musique

    A. Durand & fils • Calmann Lévy|Paris s. d. [1893]|13 x 19 cm|broché
    Edition illustrated with original illustrations by Georges Rochegrosse and F. Marcotte, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.


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  19. Tristan et Yseult
    Richard WAGNER

    Tristan et Yseult

    Breitkopf & Härtel|Leipzig • & Bruxelles [Brussels] • & Londres [London] • & New-York [New York] s. d. [circa 1885]|11.50 x 18 cm|broché
    First edition in French by Francis Wilder.
    Two small tears to head and foot of spine.
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  20. La tétralogie
    Théodore LINDEN, Richard WAGNER

    La tétralogie

    L'Edition d'art H. Piazza|Paris 1938|17.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
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  23. Richard Wagner
    (Richard WAGNER) CHAMPFLEURY

    Richard Wagner

    A. Bourdilliat & Cie|Paris 1860|15 x 23.50 cm|broché
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  24. Rencontres avec Richard Wagner
    (Richard WAGNER) Alexandre ARNOUX

    Rencontres avec Richard Wagner

    Grasset|Paris 1927|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, an advance copy from the Service de Presse.
    Author's autograph signature on the half-title page.
    Small lacks to head of title page and printed dedication, light foxing mainly affecting the margins of some pages.
    €30
  25. Lettres à Emile Heckel
    Richard WAGNER

    Lettres à Emile Heckel

    Charpentier|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper of the French translation established by Louis Schneider.
    Signed autograph inscription by the translator.
    Small lacks to head of spine which also has a small tear at foot.
    €50
  26. Rencontres avec Richard Wagner
    (Richard WAGNER) Alexandre ARNOUX

    Rencontres avec Richard Wagner

    Grasset|Paris 1927|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by the author.
    €40
  27. Richard Wagner et son oeuvre
    (Richard WAGNER) P.A. CHERAMY

    Richard Wagner et son oeuvre

    Sté française d'éditions d'art L.H. May|Paris 1901|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
    Marginal worming to front board, handsome interior condition.
    Rare.
    €80
  28. La République des Lettres. Deuxième Série. Huitième Livraison. 27 août 1876
    Edgar Allan POE, Richard WAGNER

    La République des Lettres. Deuxième Série. Huitième Livraison. 27 août 1876

    Richard Lesclide|Paris 27 août 1876|17 x 25 cm|broché
    First edition.
    In blue paper wrappers, printed in red and black.
    Contributions by: Leconte de Lisle: "Cozza et Borgia", Emile Zola: "L'Assommoir" (Second part, III-continued), Albert Mérat: "Le vertige", Richard Wagner: "Un musicien étranger à Paris", Adelphe Froger: "Les hirondelles", Edgar Poe: "L'Enterrement prématuré" (end), Jean Prouvaire: "La semaine parisienne".
    Handsome copy.
    €120
  29. La République des Lettres. Deuxième Série. Neuvième Livraison. 3 septembre 1876
    Edgar Allan POE, Richard WAGNER

    La République des Lettres. Deuxième Série. Neuvième Livraison. 3 septembre 1876

    Richard Lesclide|Paris 3 septembre 1876|17 x 25 cm|broché
    First edition.
    In original wrappers, blue paper cover printed in red and black.
    Contributions by: Emile Zola: "L'Assommoir" (Second part, III-continued), Léon Valade: "Lettre d'un voyageur", Richard Wagner: "Un musicien étranger à Paris", Raoul Gineste: "Petit Lever", Stéphane Mallarmé: "L'oeuvre poétique d'Edgar Poe: IV-Le Palais hanté, V- A Hélène", Henry Laujol: "Les Abeilles", Stéphanowitsch: "La jeune fille sur le champ de bataille. Poème serbe", Georges Godde: "Les deuils récents", Jean Prouvaire: "La semaine parisienne".
    A fine copy.
    €120
  30. La République des Lettres. Deuxième Série. Dixième Livraison. 10 septembre 1876
    COLLECTIF, Richard WAGNER

    La République des Lettres. Deuxième Série. Dixième Livraison. 10 septembre 1876

    Richard Lesclide|Paris 10 septembre 1876|17 x 25 cm|broché
    First edition.
    In blue paper wrappers, printed in red and black.
    Contributions by: Théodore de Banville: "La vie et la mort", Emile Zola: "L'Assommoir" (Second part, III-continued), François Coppée: "A l'enfant blonde", Léon Cladel: "Années d'apprentissage", Adelphe Froger: "Compensation", Catulle Mendès: "Le Corset de Dorimène", Richard Wagner: "Un musicien étranger à Paris", Jean Prouvaire: "La semaine parisienne".
    Shadow and minimal worming to upper right corner of wrapper and first leaf, a small brown stain with no impact on upper cover, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €100
  31. La République des Lettres. Deuxième Série. Onzième Livraison. 17 septembre 1876
    COLLECTIF, Richard WAGNER

    La République des Lettres. Deuxième Série. Onzième Livraison. 17 septembre 1876

    Richard Lesclide|Paris 17 septembre 1876|17 x 25 cm|broché
    First edition.
    In blue paper wrappers, printed in red and black.
    Contributions by: Léon Dierx: "Au Jardin", Emile Zola: "L'Assommoir" (Second part, III-continued), Sully-Prudhomme: "Evolution", Ernest d'Hervilly: "La Pomme et le Magistrat", Armand Silvestre: "Impressions", P. Gérin: "M. Alphonse Daudet", Adelphe Froger: "La Fuite vaine", Henry Laujol: "Les Abeilles", Richard Wagner: "Un musicien étranger à Paris" (conclusion), Jean Prouvaire: "La semaine parisienne".
    Small tears with losses to spine, some scattered foxing.
    €100
  36. Parsifal
    Richard WAGNER

    Parsifal

    B. Schott's söhne|Mainz • & London • & Paris • & Brüssel [Brussels] 1877|15 x 23 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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  37. Lettres 1864-1883
    Richard WAGNER, LOUIS II DE BAVIERE

    Lettres 1864-1883

    Plon|Paris 1960|14.50 x 20 cm|broché
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