Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - WITH FABULOUS ENGRAVED PLATES ILLUSTRATING SCENES FROM THE WORK OF GOETHE -[SCHOPENHAUER (Johanna, mother of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. She was the first German woman to publish books without a pseudonym, an influential literary salon host, and in the 1820s a popular author in Germany, 1766-1838)].Minerva / Taschenbuch fur das jahr 1826. (Leipzig): Gerhard Fleischer, 1825 [for 1826]. xxx, 496, [4, pub. cat] pp. Pink moiré card covers, all edges gilt, enclosed within original buff card slip case with printed cover. Size: 12mo (14.2cm x 9.5cm).Very Good condition. A very nice example on the whole. Slight loss of card to foot of spine, and some sunning to spine. Remnants of old label to edge of slipcase. Light foxing to frontispiece, title and next text leaf. The other plates with only light foxing. There is some minor age-toning to leaves (heavier in a couple of places), but on the whole pages are bright and well-preserved. Lower stitching has perished in one place meaning that a couple of leaves are held by the top stitching. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.This rare almanack has an engraved allegorical frontispiece as well as eight fabulous plates illsutrating scenes from the work of Goethe. The story by Johanna Schopenhauer, Der Schnee, starts on page 333 and ends on page 472. key words:
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Binding: Annual
Place of Publication: Leipzig
Non-Fiction Subject: Literature, Poetry & Criticism
Publisher: Gerhard Fleischer
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1825
Language: German
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Fiction Subject: Short Stories & Anthologies
Author: Johanna SCHOPENHAUER
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: Europe
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
