Amor und Psyche. Eine Dichtung In Sechs Gesangen. [Sechste Auflage]
by Hamerling, Robert
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket as issued
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About This Item
Leipzig: Verlag von Adolf Titze, 1885. Book. Illus. by Paul Thumann. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later Printing. 4to. 142 (2) pp. + b&w plates, prev owner name plate ffep, Erster Gesang - Sechster Gesang. Illustrirtvon Paul Thumann. Sechste Auflage [1885]. Text in German. "The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica characterizes Robert Hamerling as one of the most remarkable poets of the modern Austrian school, describing his imagination as rich and his poems as full of life and colour. What it terms his most popular poem, Ahasver in Rom (1866), of which the emperor Nero is the central figure, is said to show at its best what is alleged to be the author's brilliant talent for description. Among his other works, 1911 Britannica mentions Venus im Exil (1858); Der König von Sion (1869), characterized as a generally recognized masterpiece; Die sieben Todsünden (1872) Blätter im Winde (1887); Homunculus (1888); Amor und Psyche (1882)." Only the slightest edge wear, else, Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Decorative red gilt-stamped boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, decorative endpapers, yellow saton ribbon, and gilt text block edges..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004843
- Title
- Amor und Psyche. Eine Dichtung In Sechs Gesangen. [Sechste Auflage]
- Author
- Hamerling, Robert
- Illustrator
- Paul Thumann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as issued
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Verlag von Adolf Titze
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig
- Date Published
- 1885
- Size
- 4to
- Keywords
- POETRY AUSTRIAN POETS HAMERLING ROBERT (1830-1889)
- Bookseller catalogs
- GERMAN LITERATURE;
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