frederick klopstock (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. 1763. 232 pages. Brown leather. Vol. I. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been heavily rub worn with heavy shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a heavily frayed and spine ends are crushed, with some small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition Thus. xii + 236pp, bound in new quarter calf, title label inset on morocco, raised bands & gilt decorations on spine, 8vo, RICHARD CRUTTWELL, Bath, 1808. * Elizabeth Smith (1776-1806) was an oriental scholar and philologist of some repute , in addition to her household skills & horsemanship. * Klopstock : Noted for his Religious Epic 'Der Messias' of 1748. HARDCOVER, NO DUST JACKET, FINELY BOUND, NO MARKINGS, A CLEAN CRISP COPY, EXCELLENT VALUE.

Contemp. purple half calf, gilt spine, marbled boards; lacking label, rubbed but sound. First published in German, 1759. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. A note in the BL catalogue indicates this is 'based on a collection of letters communicated by Dr. Mumssen of Altona to the compiler and translator, Elizabeth Smith'. Klopstock has been described as 'the Milton of Germany'.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Owner's signature at head of title page. Cloth at ends of spine bumped and rubbed. 3/8" tear to cloth at head of spine. 1/8" x 1/8" chip to cloth at tail of spine. Rubbing and up to 1/2" loss of paper at corners of boards. Hinges split. Some browning and spotting to preliminary leaves.; xii, 236 pages. Marbled papered boards with cloth spine. Page dimensions: 185mm x 118mm. Translated from the German, By The Author of "Fragments in Prose and Verse."; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.