Richard Wagner, his life & works from 1813 to 1834 / compiled from original letters, manuscripts & other documents, by the Honourable Mrs. Burrell née Banks, and illustrated with portraits & facsimilies.

Record ID: 
73689
Accession number: 
PMC 1368
Creator: 
Burrell, Mary Banks, d. 1898.
Title: 
Richard Wagner, his life & works from 1813 to 1834 / compiled from original letters, manuscripts & other documents, by the Honourable Mrs. Burrell née Banks, and illustrated with portraits & facsimilies.
Published: 
[London : s.n.] ; 1898.
Notes: 

Title within ornamental border. Line borders, side notes. Engraved throughout.
"Engraved & printed in London by Allan Wyon, chief engraver of Her Majesty's seals."
"The illustrations are in heliogravure by the house of Fillon & Heuse (now I. Heuse) of Paris ...."
"This book is engraved for the Honourable Mrs. Burrell. One hundred copies only are printed on specially manufactured paper with watermark facsimile of Richard Wagner's autograph signature."
"No. 43" of 100 copies.
The death of the compiler prevented the completion of this work. "From her manuscript her husband & daughter have now had this first volume brought out according to her wishes & instructions, as a worthy foundation for the monument she had hoped to erect to the genius of Richard Wagner"--p. cxxix.

Provenance: 

From The Curtis Institute of Music.

Associated names: 

Wyon, Allan, engraver.
Wyon, Allan, printer.
Burrell, Mary Banks, d. 1898, former owner.

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Department: 
Music Manuscripts and Printed Music
Music Collection: 
Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection