Author: Kotzebue, August Friedrich Ferdinand von (1761-1819).
Title: Count Benyowsky, or the Conspiracy of Kamtschatka. A Tragi-Comedy, in Five Acts, Translated from the German, by the Rev. W. Render, Teacher of the German Language, in the University of Cambridge.
Description: Cambridge: Printed for the Authour, and sold by J. Deighten and J. Nicholson.. 1798, 1798. - Octavo, 7-7/8 inches high by 5 inches wide. Disbound, lacking the covers. [iv] & 210 pages. The stained title page is detached with several tears and a piece torn from the top left affecting the first 3 lines of the title. The edges of the second leaf "Dramatis Personae" are darkened, a few page corners are creased and there is a tear to one page without loss of text and a tiny tear to the front edge of the last 2 leaves. A fair complete working copy. First edition. RARE. The German playwright and novelist August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue (1761-1819) worked as a consul in Russia and Germany. One of his books was burned during the Wartfurg Festival's gathering of Protestant student activists in 1817. Two years later Kotzebue was assassinated by Karl Ludwig Sand, a militant student member of the Burschenschaften. His murder led Metternich to issue the Carlsbad Decrees, cracking down on the press and restricting academic freedom. Fair .

Keywords: LITERATURE; HISTORY; PLAY; DRAMA; COUNT BENYOWSKY, OR THE CONSPIRACY OF KAMTSCHATKA; A TRAGI-COMEDY, IN FIVE ACTS, TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, BY THE REV. W. RENDER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; AUGUST FRIEDRICH FERDINAND VON KOTZEBUE; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY;


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