Homer's Odyssee. Vossische Übersetzung
Leipzig: Alphons Dürr, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 311,[2],pp. Maroon cloth richly decorated in gold and black. Spine and parts of edges sunned. Head and tail of spine chipped, corners rubbed. All gilt edges. Bookplate of Baroness Rothschild, whose birthname was Veronika Henckel von Donnersmarck (* see below), on inside of front board. Bookplate is a white and red embossed cartouche with the Rothschild family crest. Frontispiece. "Mit 40 Original-Compositionen von Friedrich Preller in Holzschnitt ausgeführt von R. Brend'Amour und K. Oertel." Illustrated with 40 full-page reproductions of woodcuts by Robert François R. Brend'Amour & K. Oertel after drawings by the German landscape painter Friedrich Peller (1804-1878). Text in German. Overall very good condition. Scarce first edition in a stunning binding. vg. Item #21262
* Veronika Henckel von Donnersmarck was the wife of Erich von Goldschmidt Rothschild. Erich was the son of Max von Goldschmidt whose marriage to Minna von Rothschild led to the combining and creation of the double name Goldschmidt-Rothschild.
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