SCHILLER, Friedrich von (1759-1805). Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1796 [1797, 1798, 1799, 1800], herausgegeben von Schiller. 5 volumes, Neustrelitz: Michaelis, 1796; Tübingen: Cotta, 1797-1800.

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SCHILLER, Friedrich von (1759-1805). Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1796 [1797, 1798, 1799, 1800], herausgegeben von Schiller. 5 volumes, Neustrelitz: Michaelis, 1796; Tübingen: Cotta, 1797-1800.

5 volumes, 12°. 1796 with engraved frontispiece and 8 plates of music; 1797 with engraved frontispiece,(large paper copy without the Kalendarium and 'Melodien' at end, these were not ready when first published and not supplied); 1798 with engraved frontispiece and 9 plates of music; 1799 with engraved frontispiece; 1800 with 5 engravings. First 3 volumes in modern vellum-backed boards, original coloured printed wrappers bound in with each volume; last 2 volumes in original printed wrappers, volume for 1799 unopened. COMPLETE AND FINE SET of Schiller's Musen-Almanach. FIRST EDITIONS. Marcuse 153, 156, 160, 166, 172; Hagen, Die Drucke von Goethes Werken 601, 606, 610, 613

With contributions by Goethe, Hölderlin, Schlegel, Tieck, etc. The volume for 1797 is the famous 'Xenien Almanach', a particularly early issue with the original buff wrapper designed by Goethe bound in, with two printing errors, reading 'Shillers. Almanach. fyr MDCCXCVII'. Cotta's advert for the Damen-Kalendar is tipped into the 1798 volume. (5)