Lieder.: In das Schweizerdeutsche übertragen von August Corrodi.
by Burns, Robert; Corrodi, August (transl.)
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- Hardcover
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Rare edition by Officina Bodoni with songs by Robert Burns translated into Swiss German. Limited edition, number 69 of only 100 numbered copies. Dedication copy.
Description: Publisher's pigskin, double-ruled border to boards in black, gilt spine label, in original slipcase. Octavo: 20 × 13 cm; pp. 119, [2] ll. Title page with coloured woodcut vignette. Top edge gilt. Bilingual text: English-Swiss-German.
Provenance: Dedication by Georg Reinhart in his own hand on the front flyleaf, dated 1950.
Ref.: Schmoller: 93
Condition: Slipcase somewhat dusty. Spine somewhat faded. Binding, endpapers and textblock otherwise impeccable.
Notes: The volume presents a selection of poems by the Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759–1796) compared with the original English text and the Swiss German translation by August Corrodi (1826–1885). Privately printed by order of the Winterthur patron Georg Reinhart and not published in the trade. With a manuscript dedication by Georg Reinhart.
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- Bookseller
- Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints (CH)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000219
- Title
- Lieder.
- Author
- Burns, Robert; Corrodi, August (transl.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Officina Bodoni
- Place of Publication
- Verona
- Date Published
- 1949
- Weight
- 0.97 lbs
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- Private Press; Literature;
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- Spine Label
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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