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Title: 4 volumes, [s.a.], German | Heinrich Heine's Sämmtliche Gedichte. Tiel, H.C.A. Campagne, [s.a.], 4 vols.
Description: Collection of the poetic work (and other work) of Heinrich Heine, a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of Lieder (art songs) by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. He is considered a member of the Young Germany movement. His radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities—which, however, only added to his fame. He spent the last 25 years of his life as an expatriate in Paris.Enclosed in volume 4 (pp. 36-37) is a lock of hair.Poetry - German - Germany - collection - Romanticism - radical Bound in half leather and speckled paper. 19.4 x 12.8 cm. Sprinkled edges, marbled endpapers. Some rubbing and small damages, browned paper.

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