Richard Wagner; Albert Pauphilet — La Tetralogie de Richard Wagner

Paris, L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza, 1942 . Paperback. Beautifully illustrated with colour illustrations from E. Malassis, this is Albert Pauphilet's French prose translation of Wagner's Ring Cycle, housed in the original glassine and a handsome clamshell case. A French language verse translation of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle.  In the original paper wraps and glassine. Albert Pauphilet condenses the cycle and transposes the four dramas into a continuous French language prose narrative. Wagner"s cycle draws upon Germanic and Scandinavian mythology, following the struggle for the Rhine gold and the all-powerful ring forged from it through a story of gods, heroes, betrayal and destruction. Illustrated with vignette colour illustrations throughout from E. Malassis. Housed in a morocco-backed clamshell case, lined in fabric. In the publisher's original paper wraps, with glassine, housed in a quarter morocco clamshell case lined in fabric. Externally, fine. Light edgewear to glassine back strip head, with glassine just a touch age toned. Clamshell in fine condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: E. Malassis. Fine/Fine.