WAGNER (Richard). Art and Politics (Part 1) [only published]. Brussels, Imprimerie de J. Sannes, 1868. In-12, bradel half-percaline olive green, burgundy morocco title, untrimmed, cover (Contemporary binding). First and only French edition of Deutsche Kunst und deutsche Politik, translated by Jules-Louis Guillaume. Initially published in the form of articles in the Süddeutsche Presse in October 1867, it was interrupted a few months later by order of the Bavarian government, before finally being published in book form. In this series of essays, he formulated for the first time his theory of the opposition between German "culture" and French "civilisation". Small repair at foot of cover without loss, scattered foxing. Henri Silège, Bibliographie wagnérienne française, p.16.