<p>Philadelphia: Privately Printed 1885. First Edition. 12mo. 38 32pp. Two volumes in one. Half morocco marbled boards top-edge gilt by Philadelphia bookbinders Oldach & Co. Presentation in pencil: “From Uncle Herman Oldach.†Near fine.</p> <p>Rare. No copies recorded in America. Translated by Henry Phillips Jr. Hugo von Meltzel’s or Meltzl’s work is the first English translation of Romanian folk poetry.</p> <p>Meltzl was a pioneer in the field of comparative literature and the primary editor of the first journal of comparative literature and world literature the Acta Comparationis Litterarum Universarum published from 1877–88. Damrosch op. cit. At its zenith this journal had a rarefied circulation of one hundred copies. The Gypsy folk songs in this book were abstracted from this journal. </p> <p>Phillips’s translation offered Magyar Transylvanian Roumanian Transylvanian Ziegeuner and Gypsy folk songs for curious American and English-speaking audiences.</p> <p>The second work in this volume Selections From the Poems of Alexander Petofi offered lyrical and political poetry by Sándor Petöfi 1823–1849 the renowned Hungarian poet and master of Hungary’s native Magyar language. Petöfi died in battle leading the Hungarian War of Independence 1848–1849.</p> <p>We trace one copy sold in 1906 in the Third Part of the The Private Library of Wilberforce Eames sale.</p> <p>Damrosch “Rebirth of a Discipline: The Global Origins of Comparative Studies†in Comparative Critical Studies 3.1-2 2006 pp. 99-112. “Sándor Petöfi†in Encyclopedia of World Biography Supplement Vol. 23. Gale 2003. OCLC locates 1 copy at the British Library 1 copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. None in America.</p> unknown
Herder 1997. 1997. Hardcover. Didascalicon de studio legendi / Studienbuch lateinisch deutsch Eingeleitet und übersetzt von Thilo Offergeld <br/><br/>Didascalicon de studio legendi / Studienbuch lateinisch deutsch Eingeleitet und übersetzt von Thilo Offergeld Hugo von Sankt Viktor Herder hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : BN157709 ISBN : 3451239108 9783451239106
Forgotten Books 2018. 2018. Hardcover. Auswahl der Hervorragendsten Bilder <br/><br/>Auswahl der Hervorragendsten Bilder Hugo Von Tschudi Forgotten Books hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : BN200971 ISBN : 0267049617 9780267049615
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