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HÖLDERLIN, Friedrich (1770-1843). Gedichte. Stuttgart and Tubingen: J. G. Cotta, 1826.
First edition of Hölderlin’s collected poems, largely unopened and uncut in contemporary card wrappers. Among the finest German Romantic poets, Hölderlin’s work was not widely recognised during his lifetime. His personal life was dominated by a struggle with mental illness, while his poems appeared in rather a scattered manner before being collected in the present volume. IHB 53633.
Octavo (188 x 125mm). With the errata leaf (occasional faint spots). Contemporary marbled card wrappers, mostly unopened, uncut (lightly rubbed); modern blue quarter morocco solander box.
First edition of Hölderlin’s collected poems, largely unopened and uncut in contemporary card wrappers. Among the finest German Romantic poets, Hölderlin’s work was not widely recognised during his lifetime. His personal life was dominated by a struggle with mental illness, while his poems appeared in rather a scattered manner before being collected in the present volume. IHB 53633.
Octavo (188 x 125mm). With the errata leaf (occasional faint spots). Contemporary marbled card wrappers, mostly unopened, uncut (lightly rubbed); modern blue quarter morocco solander box.
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