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WAGNER, RICHARD; BIRCH, JONATHAN; LACHMANN, CARL [KARL] Das Nibelungen Lied [Nibelungenlied] or Lay of the Last Nibelungers, Translated Into English Verse After Professor Carl Lachmann's Collated and Corrected Text
Alexander Duncker, Bookseller to His Majesty the King of Prussia, Berlin, 1848. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Light foxing to only a few pages (does not affect illustrations). Slight wear to rear side of leather title panel, ink name on front flyleaf. Notes laid in state that this copy 'took one man one month to bind'. 266 pages. Custom bound in ivory Roman vellum with embossed gilding along border of front cover, gilt lettering, maroon leather title label with gold decorations on spine, marbled endpapers, red page ridges, green ribbon marker. Numerous vivid frescoes, depicting various scenes throughout the story, bound in. The dedication names this as the 'first and only translation of The Nibelungen Lied' and dedicates it to 'His Most Gracious Majesty Frederick William IV. the Wise, the Energetic, the Good King of Prussia, by His Majesty's Grateful, Loyal, and Most Devoted Servant, Jonathan Birch.'.
Offered for US$ 475.00 by: Yesterday's Muse Books - Book number: 1508470
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