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Samtliche Werke
Berlin, Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, 1961. . Hardcover. . Particularly attractive exemplar of the German language collection of representative texts, comprising the broad range of Georg Buchner's plays. Bound in thin blue paper over boards, moderately sunned along edges, gray cloth-backed, sewn-in headbands, linen ribbon bookmark intact, extra-thin/fine paper, gilt ruling to covers, spine, gilt titles over red and black labels at spines, gilt ruling there, too, and volume numbers in gilt. Prelims, 9-497 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good
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Catalogue: Germany, History and Culture
Keywords: George Buchner German language
Dantons Tod: Ein Drama, Mit 18 Kolorierten Federzeichnungen Nach Der Auffã¼Hrung Des Deutschen Theaters Zu Berlin Von Ernst Stern
Berlin, Erich Reiss, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Handsomely bound in oatmeal cloth over boards, white vellum-backed spine, with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Light wear to spine, light cracking to front joint at spine bottom. With 18 colored pen drawings after the performance at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin by Ernst Stern. 97 pp, skinny octavo format in original publisher's binding. One of 375 numbered copies, from a total edition of 435, this being Copy #241. Dealer ink-stamp, neatly affixed inside front flap. The illustrations are quite fine and appear to be hand-colored. Hugh Rorrison's homage to the artist Ernst Stern shows him to have been shown a lot in London and New York and associated with Max Reinhardt, an influential theater designer and artist. One of Reinhardt's mentees was Ernst Stern – "the longest-serving, most versatile, and most professional of his designers" (New Theatre Quarterly, 2009). Stern's remaining papers were left to the Victoria and Albert Museum; the theatre critic Rorrison relied upon them to critique and appreciate Stern's effects on Reinhardt's legacy.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good
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Catalogue: Germany, History and Culture
Keywords: German language Erich Stern Georg Buchner drama theater
Exile and Social Thought: Hungarian Intellectuals in Germany and Austria, 1919-1933
Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in blue cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Lee Congdon, the author, has few peers in the study of Hungarian social, intellectual and political history. xvi [2], 4-376 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,
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Catalogue: Germany, History and Culture
Keywords: Lee Congdon|Hungarian history|exile|exiles|Germany|Austria|immigration
Goethe's Werke, in Four Volumes
Berlin, Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, . . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Particularly attractive set of four volumes, German language texts, comprising the broad range of Goethe's interests, from plays to criticism, poetry to novels, biographical sketches to philosophy. Bound in thin paper over boards, black cloth-backed, sewn-in headbands, linen ribbon bookmarks intact, extra-thin/fine paper, gilt ruling to covers, spine, gilt titles over red and black labels at spines, gilt ruling there, too, and volume numbers in gilt. Scuffing to spine heads and feet, a range of creased pages in the fourth volume, else quite bright and fine of interior, and they stand handsomely on the shelf. Volume I: prelims, 12-1290 pp. plus Table of Contents. Volume II: prelims [9-1276 pp., with penned notes from previous owner inside rear flap. Volume III: prelims, 7-1404 pp. Volume IV: prelims, 9-1317 pp., plus Table of Contents.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good
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Catalogue: Germany, History and Culture
Keywords: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German language
Goethe, Werke: Vollstã¤Ndige Ausgabe Letzter Hand. 1827-1830, 56 of 61 Volumes.
Tubingen, Germany, J.G. Cotta, . First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. An incomplete but considerable collection (56 volumes out of the original 61), wholly in German, the First Edition Thus, the oepocket edition" of the works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The typography and typesetting of the first 40 volumes of this edition were personally supervised by him, while volumes 41-61 were published posthumously (Abel). Multiple additional editions of the collected works of Goethe are available, and they range in size from 40 and 61 volumes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was easily Germany's best-known and respected writer and who ranged in and between Western literary, political, and philosophical thought. He produced plays, poetry, political treatises, translations, novels, short stories and criticism--all represented here--but also pronounced on natural history including on botany, anatomy, and color. Each volume is bound in marbled pastepaper over boards, with ruled spines, gilt lettering over burgundy labels. Most still have original bound-in silk linen ribbon bookmarks; all are entirely red-stained along all three edges. Moderate rubbing to exteriors, tips, edges, etc., a few volumes with paper loss at spine. Else clean of interior. Vol. 1: 408; Vol. 2: 309; Vol. 3: 296; Vol. 4: 394; Vol. 5: 276; Vol. 6: 262; Vol. 7: 332; Vol. 8: 300; Vol. 9: 382; Vol. 10: 332; Vol 11: 378; Vol. 12: 313; Vol. 13: 313, bound in teal marbled paper; Vol. 14: 328; Vol. 15: 332; Vol. 16: 302; Vol. 17: 414; Vol. 18: 326; Vol. 19: 362; Vol. 20: 308; Vol. 21: 228; Vol. 22: 262; Vol. 23: 286; Vol. 24: 342; Vol. 25: 366; Vol. 26: 332; Vol. 27: 286; Vol. 28: 284; Vol. 29: 344; Vol. 30: 334; Vol. 31: 275; Vol. 32: 268; Vol. 33: 290; Vol. 34: 380; Vol. 35: 392; Vol. 36: 284; Vol. 37: 380; Vol. 38: 308; Vol. 39: 371; Vol. 40: 421; Vol. 41: 544; Vol. 42: 450; Vol. 43: 436; Vol. 44: 326; Vol. 45: 332; Vol. 46: 378; Vol. 47: 268; Vol. 48: 193; Vol. 49: 307; Vol. 50: 253; Vol. 51: 290; Vol. 52: 374; Vol. 53: 371; Vol. 54: 320; Vol. 55: 330; Index: 301.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good
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Catalogue: Germany, History and Culture
Keywords: Johnann Wolfgang von Goethe German language
Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch Auf Das Jahr 1842
Gotha, Germany, Justus Perthes, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Published in 1841 by Justus Perthes, primarily a publisher of geographic atlases and wall maps but also of these cute little genealogies. xiv + 520 pp., measuring 4 3/8" x 3" in height and width, respectively, with seven engraved portraits including at frontis. Portrait boards, in gorgeous condition, gilt and green and black illuestrations to its entirety, and then housed in a near-immaculate little cardboard slip-case with calligraphically printed title on paper label at spine, barely worn. Top-, bottom- and fore-edge-stained in red. Comprised of 1) calendar; 2) Genealogy of the European regents; 3) Genealogy of other princely houses (including appendix); 4) Genealogy of the Count's houses with the predicate "Sublime"; 5) Nekrolog; 6) The rulers of Europe and Brazil; 7) Diplomatic yearbook with addition of statistical news; 8) Chronicle from July 1, 1840 to June 30, 1841; 9) Register. Fine frontis portrait panels by Carl Mayer show: King Wilhelm II of the Netherlands, Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil; Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Duke Karl von Lucca, Duke Ludwig von Orléans, Duchess Victorie von Nemours and Alexander Ghika, Prince of Wallachia. Else and withal, a stellar condition copy.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine
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Catalogue: Germany, History and Culture
Keywords: Wilhelm II|German language|Carl Mayer |Justus Perthes
Jacob Grimm; Zwei Artikel Der Preussischen Jahrbucher Aus Deren 14. 15. 16. Bande Besonders Abgedruckt.
Berlin, Druck und Verlag Georg Reimer, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A still handsome, still sturdily bound copy in hardcover, marbled paper over boards, leather-backed spine, with four raised bands to spine, gilt titles at spine. Skinny octavo in format, at 167 pp. Beautifully decorated endpapers, German language text. Three articles penned by the noted German philologist and author of Grimm's Fairy Tales for the Presussischen Jahrbucher, compiled by WIlhelm Scherer. Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm, also known as Ludwig Karl, was also a jurist, and folklorist, and was also the co-editor/-author of the monumental and influential work known as the Deutsches W
rterbuch.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good
rterbuch.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good
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Catalogue: Germany, History and Culture
Keywords: Jacob Grimm|German language|Wilhelm Scherer
Pfauenschrei: Die Jahre Mit Hap Grieshaber
Munchen, Albrecht Knaus, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. German language throughout. Short, squat octavo format hardcover. bound in light blue cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering over burgundy label at spine. Germany language account of a year's artistic activities, penned by the noted German painter and engraver, both pictured at rear panel. 507 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,
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Catalogue: Germany, History and Culture
Keywords: HAP Grieshaber Margaret Hannsmann German language
Heinrich Heine's Sã¤Mmtliche Werke, 22 Volumes in 11
Hamburg, Germany, Hoffmann und Campe, . First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A First Edition Thus set, a sturdy, attractive exemplar, tightly bound in hardcover format in two-tone, dark blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering, decorations at spines, with gilt-stamped ruling, clean, if lightly toned interiors, and with minimal to moderate rubbing to extremities. Volumes 1-22 in 11 volumes, thus complete, published in coincidence with the American Civil War: 1861 - 1865. Moderately toned endpapers, library reinforcing tape front and rear, stands proudly on the shelf, a handsome set indeed. Contents: Volumes 1-2: xlviii [2], 1-320 pp.; [10], 6-429 pp.; Volumes 3-4: xiii [5], 6-394 pp.; xii [3], 6-292 pp.; Volumes 5-6: xiv [2], 4-270 pp.; x [3], 6-294 pp. Volume 7-8: frontis matter, [7], 8-320 pp.; vi [4], 6-379 pp. Volumes 9-10: frontis matter, [21], 22-280 pp.; vi [4], 8-282 pp.; Volumes 11-12: xi [5], 10-436 pp.; viii [1]-264 pp. Volumes 13-14: xii [3]-301 pp.; xi [3] 6-391 pp. Volumes 15-16: xvi xv [2] 4-355 pp. xvi [2], 4-311 pp. Volumes 17-18: viii [3], 4-280 pp.; xii [3] 6-356 pp. Volumes 19-20: xii [2] 4-412 pp.; xiii [2] 2-365 pp. xiii [2], 2-479 pp.; xix [2], 4-323 pp. The author, Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a prolific German poet, writer and literary critic.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good
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Catalogue: Germany, History and Culture
Keywords: German language Heinrich Heine
A Lot of 23 Volumes Written by Johann Gottfried Von Herder
Carlsruhe, Germany, Im Bureau der Deutschen Classiker, . . Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A lot of 23 volumes from a larger, more complete set of the works of Johann Gottfried von Herder, Historischer Schriften, etc., published in Carlsruhe, Germany in 1820-1821. 23 volumes only, out of 44/45 volumes in the complete series, but with some consecutive, even complete runs of individual titles. Johann Gottfried von Herder (25 August 1744 – 18 December 1803) was an influential German philosopher, literary critic, theologian, novelist, translator, and poet, acknowledged to be a product of Late Enlightenment trends in those fields, a proponent of the idea that, according to his Wikipedia entry, "true German culture was to be discovered among the common people (das Volk)," and who advocated close attention to "folk songs, folk poetry, and folk dances," where "the true spirit of the nation (der Volksgeist) was popularized." Bound in marbled brown pastepaper over boards, brown calf-leather over tips and spines, with fleurs-de-lis stamped thereinto and gilt lettering stamped over variously colored leather labels. Heavy rubbing to, scuffing of exteriors, tips, edges, etc., and with some cracking of joint ends in a few volumes, neatly glue-repaired. Interiors generally and specifically clean and still bright, a bit toned, a bit waffly, with some penciled or penned marks from previous owner, but neither highlighting nor underlining nor excessive marginal or other notation. Shadowing verso from each folded-over tip of either marbled pastepaper or leather backing, thus 16 such marks to each volume, yet unobtrusive. From the personal collection of noted German scientist, Lutz Kiesow, as conveyed to me through his widow, Ursula Kiesow, the set having been obtained probably in 1955 (says his inscription at first free endpaper of one volume. Some soiling to endpapers. The set consists of the following volumes each with varying numbers of pages of frontis matter that are variously paginated: 1) four volumes of Ideen zur Geschichte der Menschheit (1784) (Ideas on the Philosophy of the History of Mankind): Volume 1: 248 pp., Volume 2: 306 pp., 339 pp., Volume 4: 306 pp. plus two-page index. 2) Kalligone (1800) (Calligone): 424 pp. 3) Gedichte (Poems), edited by Johann v. Muller, Volume 1: 319 pp., Volume 2: 267 pp. 4) Schriften zur Griechischenliteratur, edited by I.F. Heyne (Studies of Greek Literature): 398 pp. 5) Dramatische Stucke und Dichtungen (Dramatic Plays and Poems), edited by W.G. von Herder: 294 pp. 6) Adrastea und Briefe zur Beforderung der Humanitat (Adrastea: Events and Characters of the 18th Century), erster halfte: 389 pp., zweite halfte: 478 pp. , drierte halfte: 500 pp. 7) Fruchte aus den sogenannt' goldenen zeiten (Fruits of the so-called Golden Times) (1801-1803): 566 pp. 8) Abhandlungen und briefe uber Schone Literatur u. kunst (Treatises and letters on fine literature and art): 412 pp. 9) Seele und Gott (Soul and God): 379 pp.; 10) Verständnis und Erfahrung, Eine Metakritik der Kritik der reinen Vernunft (Understanding and Experience. A Metacritique of the Critique of Pure Reason. Part I. [Part II, Reason and Language]): 464 pp. 11) Gostscenien zur geschichtes der menschheit (Ghostscenes on the history of humanity): 400 pp. 12) Sophron (Sophron): 344 pp. 13) Der Cid (El Cid), edited by I.F. Heyne: 350 pp. 14) Propylaen der geschichte der Menschheit (Propylaen of the history of humanity): 375 pp. 15) Terpsichore (1795–96) (Terpsichore: a translation of the works of Jakob Balde): 367 pp. 16) Die Vorwelt (The Former World): 360 pp. plus some fold-out, multi-panel drawings. 17) Nachlese historischen schriften (Gleanings from Historical Writings): 419 pp. plus two-page index. All in, a good start on a collection in the original German of a leading, influential German writer and thinker.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good
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Catalogue: Germany, History and Culture
Keywords: German language Johann Gottfried von Herder literature classics
Haven't We Met Before Somewhere?
New York, A Studio Book, for The Viking Press, 1966. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Translated from the original German by Constantine Fitz Gibbon. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered, at first free endpaper, seemingly from an American to a German. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear along edges, some light soiling to rear panel, not price-clipped. FIlled with some lovely black-and-white illustrations and plates, and with seven full-color plates, plus a 17-page People, Places and Things section. [8], 9-190 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Good,
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Catalogue: Germany, History and Culture
Keywords: Heinz Huber|Ronald Searle|Germany|German culture|German history|Kultur|Culture|Constantine Fitz Gibbon
Sammtliche Schriften, 33 Volumes
Berlin, Wossischen Buchhandlung, . German. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. No apostrophe at title pages . . . but this is a lot of thirty-three (33) individual volumes of the works from one of the major voices in 18th and 19th century German literature, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, thus "Lessings Sammtliche Schriften." Short, squat volumes in hardcover format, measuring 6 1/8" x 4 1/4" tall and wide, respectively. Bound in brown marbled paper over boards, calf leather over tips and spines, gilt-stamped and decorated green cloth volume labels over spines, also gilt-stamped and ruled quite voluminously so as to resemble designs. Quite attractive purple and brown marbled endpapers front and rear to each volume. Moderate rubbing to tips, edges, spine heads and feet, light crackings to some joints, some abrasions to, peelings of green cloth volume labels, though all affixed and since glue-repaired neatly, and with most pink silk linen ribbon bookmarks still bound in securely. Some cracking and creasing to spines, else still quite sturdily bound. Moderate foxing at endpapers, else dissipating generally to the otherwise quite bright interiors. From the personal library of the now deceased German medical-scientist Lutz Kiesow of Lake Oswego, Oregon, as conveyed to me from his widow, Ursula Kiesow, both having left Germany post-W.W.I.I. Volume 1 ("Borbericht: Leben nebst seinem noch ubrigen litterarischen nachslaff"), Erster Theil, 1791, " with fine black-and-white engraving drawn by J.C. Frisch, sculpted by L. Berger, 396 pp. Volume 2 ("Borbericht des Herausgebers"), 276 pp., plus unpaginated Table of Contents, and with paper loss to rear board. Volume 1 ("Leben nebst seinem noch ubrigen litterarischen nachslaffe"), 1793, 452 pp. plus an unpaginated Table of Contents. Volume 2 ("Borbericht: Leben nebst seinem noch ubrigen litterarischen nachslaff"), 1784, 276 pp., with two-page Table of Contents. Volume 3 ("Nachlas zur Deutschen Sprache, alten Literatur, Gelehrten und Kunst-Geschichte"), 1795, 404 pp. Volume 4 ("Borbericht"), 1785, Vierter Theil, 308 pp., with two-page Table of Contents. Volume 5 ("Bruchstrude uber einige Frangmente des Wolfenbuttelischen Lingenannten"), Dritter Theil, 1784, 275 pp., plus a one-page Table of Contents. Volume 5 ("Borbericht: Leben nebst seinem noch ubrigen litterarischen nachslaff"), 1791, Funfter Theil, 300 pp., plus one-page Table of Contents. Volume 6 ("Durch die Fragmente des Wolfenbuttelischen Lingenannten"), 1791, Sechster Theil, 313 pp. Volume 7 ("Theologische Auffage"), 1792, Siebenter Theil, 322 pp. Volume 8 ("Gesammelte Borreden"), 1792, Achter Theil, 368 pp. Volume 9 ("Artissitsche und Auntiquarische Schriften"), 1792, Neunter Theil, 410 pp. Volume 10 ("Artissitsche und Auntiquarische Schriften"), 1792, Zehnter Theil, 408 pp. Volume 11 ("Artissitsche und Auntiquarische Schriften"), 1793, Eilfter Theil, 340 pp. Volume 12 ("Artissitsche und Auntiquarische Schriften"), 1793, Zwulfter Theil, 362 pp. Volume 14 ("Einige Bentrage zur Litteratur, aus der Wolfenbuttelischen Bibliothek, Fortsegung"), 1793, Vierzehnter THeil, 428 pp. Volume 15 ("Borrede"), 1793, Funfzehnter Theil, 608 pp. Volume 15 ("Rollefraneen zur Literatur"), 1793, Dreizehnter Theil, 447 pp. plus two-page Table of Contents. Volume 16 ("Rollefraneen zur Literatur"), 1793, 478 pp. Volume 17 ("Borrede"), 1793, Siebenzehner Theil, 384 pp. Volume 18 ("Fabeln Dren Bucher"), 1793, Achtzehnerr Theil, 492 pp. Volume 19 ("Mit Sara Samson"), 1794, Neunzehnerter Theil, 393 pp. Volume 20 ("Der Junge Gesehrte ein Lustspiel in drei Aufzugen"), 1794, Zwanzigster Theil, 547 pp. Volume 21 ("Der Freigeist ein Lustspiel in funf Aufzugen"), Ein und zwanzigster Theil, 1794, 422 pp. Volume 22 ("Borrede"), Zwei und zwanzigster Theil, 1794, 390 pp. Volume 23 ("Bertrage Historie und Aufnahme"), Drei und Zwanzigster Theil, 1794, 403 pp. Volume 24 ("Hamburgurgische Dramatugie"), Vier und Zwanzigster Theil, 1794, 415 pp. Volume 25 ("Hamburgurgische Dramatugie"), Funf und Zwanzigster Theil, 408 pp. Volume 26 ("Borrede"), Sechs und Zwanzigster Theil, 1794, 432 pp. Volume 27 ("Borrede"), Sieben und zwanzigster Theil, 1794, 520 pp. Volume 28 ("Briefwechtel, Moses Mendelssohn"), Acht und zwansigster Theil, 1794, 466 pp. Volume 29 ("Briefwechtel, Herr Gleim"), Neun und Zwanzigster Theil, 1794, 499 pp. Volume 30 ("Briefwechstel"), Drenzigster Theil, 1794, 524 pp. All in, a fine and extensive collection of a leading German voice, a good start on a complete collection of Lessing's works. In the original German, a handsome set that still looks good on the shelf.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good
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Catalogue: Germany, History and Culture
Keywords: Gotthold Ephraim Lessings German language
Actundvierzig!: Tragisch Erlebnisse Einer Fleiner Stadt
Berlin, M. Poppelauer, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; ex-library, with bookplate from The Dropsie College (and punched also at title page) and from the library of Herr Mayer Sulzberger, but with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound handsomely in blue buckram cloth, with gilt lettering. German language text. Decorated endpapers. 269 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good
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Catalogue: Germany, History and Culture
Keywords: Leo Lowenthal|German language|drama|tragedy
Macbeth: Ein Trauerspiel Von Shakespear Zur Vorstellung Auf Dem Hoftheater Zu Weimar Eingerichtet
Tubingen, Germany, J.G. Cotta, 1801. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Published in Tübingen, Germany in 1801 by J.G. Cotta, this copy being a fine exemplar of the First Edition Thus, the first printing in German language using a Roman type-font of Shakespeare's influential exhibition of political intrigue and paranoia. Macbeth (the original, full title having been The Tragedie of Macbeth) was allegedly performed first in 1606, a fine account of the physical and psychological effects that political ambition can have on those who would usurp the throne, in this case, the Scottish general of an English King, urged on by his feckless wife. 161 pp., measuring 5" x 8". Original paper wraps removed, recently rebound in decorated, mottled brown paper over boards, light rubbing to extremities, faint scuffing to tips, spine head and foot. This first printing (in Roman type) was followed by a second printing in the Fraktur type-font later in the same year, 1801. New stiff endpapers, faint remains of blue ink-stamp and erased ink notation to title page, very faint, occasional foxing throughout, moderately waffly text-block, else clean, unmarked and tightly bound. The translator, Friedrich Schiller, sometimes called the oeGerman Shakespeare,” revered the life and work of English playwrites, especially William Shakespeare. His Wikipedia entry notes that Schiller's adaptation of Shakespeare's justifiable classic, Macbeth, was aimed for presentation at the court theater in Weimar, Germany, that is, not in England or Scotland. Friedrich Schiller is well known and respected for his literary works, essays, translations and especially play. Scarce in the trade in this edition, unavailable in libraries, available in Europe only haltingly. Friedrich Schiller (born on Nov. 10, 1759, in Marbach, Germany) grew up poor but was aided by the financial and interpersonal support of a wealthy Duke, who helped Schiller matriculate to a secondary educational facility, where he thrived. Schiller died on May 9, 1805. His entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy notes that Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) "authored an extraordinary series of dramas, including The Robbers, Maria Stuart, and the trilogy Wallenstein. He was also a prodigious poet, composing perhaps most famously the oeOde to Joy” featured in the culmination of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and enshrined, some two centuries later, in the European Hymn." Critics note his close relationship with Goethe and his influence on German stage production and Continental European philosophy. "Between 1791 and 1796," notes the entry "he authored a range of theoretical works that are both sophisticated and original."Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good
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Catalogue: Germany, History and Culture
Keywords: German language Friedrich Schiller William Shakespeare Macbeth plays drama theater theatre
Das Vormarzliche Wien in Wort Und Bild
Wien, Austria, Kunstverlag Anton Schroll & Co., 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound in illustrated, printed paper over boards, mildly soiled and moderately sunned along edges, rubbing to printed titles at spine, a few splotches at endpapers' bottoms, scuffing to tips of rear panel, more wear along rear panel edges, else clean and neat of interior. Features 247 illustrations. An apparent First Edition, with color frontispiece, 116 pp. of text, in German, and 130 pp. of black-and-white plates. Sans the dust jacket with which it was published originally. German language text, a fine pictorial survey of Vienna and elsewhere in Austria from the end of the eighteenth century to the 1848 revolution. Is part of a trilogy and consists thus of the first volume. Author takes pains to show that Vienna during this period was one of the most important cities in the world, certainly in Europe.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good
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Catalogue: Germany, History and Culture
Keywords: Hans Tietze|Wien|German language|German art history