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FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939). Die Traumdeutung. Leipzig and Vienna: Franz Deuticke, 1900 [i.e. 1899].
First edition of Freud’s greatest work, The Interpretation of Dreams, very rare in the original wrappers. Presentation copy with inscription in another hand on behalf of Freud. According to ABPC, just one copy in the original wrappers has appeared at auction. Although dated 1900 in the imprint, Die Traumdeutung was actually published on 4 November 1899 in an edition of 600 copies. The book sold so slowly that a second edition was not needed until 1909; 8 German editions, many of them revised and enlarged, appeared during Freud's lifetime. The first edition in English was issued in 1913.
‘Die Traumdeutung contains Freud's general theory of the psyche, which he had developed during the past decade. Using his refined understanding of the operation of the unconscious, Freud interpreted dreams on the basis of his wish-fulfillment theory and discussed displacement (the appearance in conscious thought of symbols for repressed desires), regression, Oedipal impulses and the erotic nature of dreams ... Freud gave an unprecedented precision and force to the idea of the essential similarities of normal and abnormal behavior, opening up the door to the irrational that had been closed to western psychology since the time of Locke’ (Norman). Garrison-Morton 4980; Grolier/Horblitt 32; Grolier Medicine 87; PMM 389; Norman F33.
Octavo (235 x 150mm). Line diagrams in the text (first two leaves reinserted, minor adhesion affecting 4 leaves in total). Original grey printed wrappers, uncut (spine renewed, a few light marks to covers); modern quarter black morocco clamshell case, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Provenance: presentation inscription in German on behalf of Freud in another hand at top of front wrapper – Michael Sharpe (book label in box).
First edition of Freud’s greatest work, The Interpretation of Dreams, very rare in the original wrappers. Presentation copy with inscription in another hand on behalf of Freud. According to ABPC, just one copy in the original wrappers has appeared at auction. Although dated 1900 in the imprint, Die Traumdeutung was actually published on 4 November 1899 in an edition of 600 copies. The book sold so slowly that a second edition was not needed until 1909; 8 German editions, many of them revised and enlarged, appeared during Freud's lifetime. The first edition in English was issued in 1913.
‘Die Traumdeutung contains Freud's general theory of the psyche, which he had developed during the past decade. Using his refined understanding of the operation of the unconscious, Freud interpreted dreams on the basis of his wish-fulfillment theory and discussed displacement (the appearance in conscious thought of symbols for repressed desires), regression, Oedipal impulses and the erotic nature of dreams ... Freud gave an unprecedented precision and force to the idea of the essential similarities of normal and abnormal behavior, opening up the door to the irrational that had been closed to western psychology since the time of Locke’ (Norman). Garrison-Morton 4980; Grolier/Horblitt 32; Grolier Medicine 87; PMM 389; Norman F33.
Octavo (235 x 150mm). Line diagrams in the text (first two leaves reinserted, minor adhesion affecting 4 leaves in total). Original grey printed wrappers, uncut (spine renewed, a few light marks to covers); modern quarter black morocco clamshell case, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Provenance: presentation inscription in German on behalf of Freud in another hand at top of front wrapper – Michael Sharpe (book label in box).
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