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216 - STRAUSS, Richard. ROLLER. Der Rosenkavalier: a comedy for mu…
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Estimate €2,500 - €5,000
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STRAUSS, Richard. ROLLER. Der Rosenkavalier: a comedy for music by Hugo V. Hofmannsthal. Music by Richard Strauss. Sketches for the costumes and sets by Alfred Roller. Berlin, Paris, Adolph Fürstner, 1910. Folio, loose-leaf: (2) ff, 46 plates and 3 fold-out plates. Publisher’s domed paper cardboard slipcase with flaps (some soiling on the sides of the ff., a tear along the edge of 5 of the plates without damage to the image, one fold-out plate with a partial tear at the fold, the publisher’s dust jacket is worn; the title label appears to be missing from the front cover, remnants of canvas laces). Description: First edition. Rare. Costumes and sets by Alfred Roller, the Austrian artist and set designer, for *Der Rosenkavalier*, a musical comedy by Hofmannsthal set to music by Richard Strauss. The work premiered on 26 January 1911 at the Royal Opera House in Dresden. Beautiful, large lithographic illustrations in black and colour depicting all the characters in their costumes, and three oblong colour lithographs depicting the sets. A lithograph of the stage plan. Copy numbered 44 (stamped on the reverse of each leaf and plate), bearing old pencil annotations in German at the bottom of the plates, evidently relating to the performance (names, sung parts, etc.). VIENNESE SECESSION.
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