Wilde Oscar

1905 · Best.-Nr. 55474 — Berlin: S. Fischer 1905. First edition in part. Publisher's vellum. Nearly Fine. 1/20. Small quarto 19.4 by 14.6 cm. viii 115 1 colophon pp. Double-suite titles in red and black printer's device floral borders; red and black initial. Publisher's full vellum lettered in gilt; top edge gilt fore- and bottom edges deckled; silk ribbon marker. Covers with mild soiling; vellum very slightly bowed. A nearly fine copy. Limited fine press edition one of only twenty copies bound by the publisher in full vellum lettered in gilt. This German translation by Max Meyerfeld importantly includes material which did not appear in English until 1908. "Before the English version was issued an authorised translation in German. appeared in Die Neue Rundschau Berlin January and February 1905 under the title of De Profundis. Aufzeichnungen und Briefe aus dem Zuchthaus in Reading. It was printed in German characters with ornamental initials etc. by E. R. Weiss and included a translation of the Four Letters written from Reading Prison which were not published in England until 1908. Later in the year the text was issued in book form printed in Roman characters with title-page and initial letters by Walter Tiemann. Berlin: Verlag S. Fischer" Mason. Mason S. Bibliography of Oscar Wilde vol. 2 p. 445. Schneider & Sotscheck Eine Bibliographie Selbständiger Deutschsprachiger Publikationen 3068. S. Fischer unknown