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[CARLYLE, THOMAS], German Romance: Specimens of Its Chief Authors; with Biographical and Critical Notices by the Translator of Wilhelm Meister and the Author of The Life of Schiller.
Edinburgh: William [and] Charles Tait, 1827. First Edition. 4 vols., 8vo. . Full contemporary calf; rebacked with morocco labels. Some rubbing to the extremities; otherwise a very good set with the engraved half titles. Scarce. Dyer p.98; Wolff 1131; CBEL III p.653. ¶ Carlyle's fourth book appearance. Vol. I: Musaeus and Fouqué. Vol II: Tieck and Hoffman. Vol. III: Richter. Vol. IV: Goethe. Carlyle was very much influenced by the German writers and was instrumental in introducing them to the English reading public. "One of the key books in the transmission of the German Romantics to England." (Wolff)
Offered for US$ 500.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 5586