Die Musik und die Inscenierung; Mit 18 Lichtdrucktafeln nach Originalzskizzen des Verfassers
München: Verlaganstalt F. Bruckmann, 1899. First edition. Large 8vo, 278pp + plates; later three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, preserving original front wrapper (restored); t.e.g. Slight wrinkle to a few preliminary leaves. Item #204220
The major theoretical work by Appia, the great Swiss innovator of stage design and lighting, translated from the French but published in German. Appia is best known for his work with the operas of Richard Wagner. He was a visionary designer who embraced the emergence of electric lighting to produce influential stagings famous for their contrast between light and shadow. This is a significant association copy, inscribed and signed by Appia on the half title page for the French theatrical director Albert Carré. Includes a splendid series of collotype plates depicting Appia's atmospheric stage sets.
Price: $2,500.00