Deutsche Literaturgeschichte (German History of Literature)
Bielefeld: Verlag von Velhagen & Klasing, 1910. 33rd edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 382pp. 476pp. Gilt decorated dark green leather spine over gilt decorated green cloth. Head and tail of spine and corners rubbed. Tiny tear to tail of spine on vol.1 and to head of spine in vol. 2. Some discoloration near bottom edge on front cover in vol. 1. Red top page edge. Decorated endpapers. Color frontispiece with tissue-guard. A beautiful edition of this famous work first published in 1850. A detailed account on the history of German literature. Wonderfully illustrated with facsimiles of original letters, woodcuts, color and b/w plates of which several are fold-outs. One of the fold-outs is a facsimile of the title page of the first German bible translated by Martin Luther in 1534. Text in German. A tight set in very good condition. vg. Item #12522
Price: $125.00