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1902réf. 240124001Boston Massachusetts: Francis A. Niccolls & Co 1902. Limited Edition Illustrated edition. Hardcover 3/4 Fine Morocco. Fine. SPECTACULAR & RARE ANTIQUE EDWARDIAN COMPLETE 10-VOLUME SET OF THE WORKS OF FRIEDRICH SCHILLER IN ORIGINAL 3/4 MOROCCO FINE BINDING IN STUNNING FINE CONDITION. EACH VOLUME OF THIS SET OF ONLY 150 COPIES CONTAINS A BEAUTIFUL HAND-COLORED FRONTISPIECE PHOTOGRAVURE OF A MUSEUM PAINTING OVERALL CONDITION: FINE & UNREAD BOOK INFO 1902 - The Works of Friedrich Schiller edited by Nathan Haskell Dole. Each volume is translated from the original German into English by different expert translators. Published in 1902 in Boston Massachusetts by Francis A. Niccolls & Co. as part of its exquisite Connoisseur Edition of only 150 copies of which this is 58/150. Collated and complete in 10 volumes. In original 3/4 dark green sumptuous morocco leather binding. Each volume contains 5-6 high-quality photogravures and a hand-colored frontispiece being inserted in front of its corresponding original black and white photogravure. The frontispieces are exceptionally hand-tinted. Octavo 9" x 6". Original and strikingly beautiful Edwardian 3/4 dark green morocco over marbled paper. Three-ribbed spine with gilded compartment floral decoration bordering and lettering. Top edges gilt other edges rough cut. Hand-made marbled endpapers. Thick archival-quality paper used for the leaves. Over 52 photogravures of paintings each with a captioned tissue guard describing the featured painting. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Johann Christoph von Schiller 1759 – 1805 is considered to be one of Germany's most important classical playwrights. During the last seventeen years of his life 1788–1805 Schiller developed a productive if complicated friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works that he had left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. Together they founded the Weimar Theater which became the leading theater in Germany. Their collaboration helped lead to a renaissance of drama in Germany. In September 2008 the German-French TV channel Arte conducted a poll among its viewers to determine the greatest European playwright "King of Drama". Schiller was voted in second place after Williiam Shakespeare. CONDITION REPORT: FINE & UNREAD The spines are square hinges and joints firm and pages tight. Many sections of the volumes are VERY tightly bound and remarkably appear unopened. Multiple leaves are not fully cut and joined together in these sections. The gilding appears to be completely intact. The spines are gently sun-lightened. The volumes show only light rubbing to extremities from minimal shelf wear over the past 120 years. The boards are colorful and clean with sumptuous supple leather. The Aesthetical and Philosophical Essays Volume I has a light red mark on its fore-edge and Volume II of this work has more rubbing than the other volumes so could be considered NEAR FINE. All of the volumes' interiors are clean with bright untoned pages with no writing or foxing or offsetting from the plates. Each volume has a decorative former owner bookplate on the front pastedown. There may be the scarce mark or sign of handling in places. An exquisitely bound and spectacular copy in remarkable condition for 120-year-old volumes in ORIGINAL fine morocco of a limited set of only 150 with stunning-photogravures and exceptional hand-colored frontispieces. A set that any bibliophile and collector of fine antiquarian sets would be proud to prominently display in his or her collection. . Francis A. Niccolls & Co hardcover
1902réf. 13583Boston: Francis A. Niccolls & Company 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition Magnifique limited to twenty-six lettered copies this being G. Twenty-four volumes. Edited by Nathan Haskell Doyle. Full burgundy morocco sides and spines elaborately decorated in gold with Art Noveau motifs top edges gilt others uncut red and white morocco doublures decorated in gold pearl silk moire endpapers. Frontispieces and plates in three states one colored. Spines uniformly darkened some wear to extremities a few of the hinges a bit tender. Four volumes show small loss to the head of the spine; one has the cover partially detached. In all two very elegant complete sets with matching letters. ; Octavo. Francis A. Niccolls & Company hardcover
1900réf. 129287Boston: Francis A. Niccolls c.1900. Finely bound example of the Connoisseur edition of the works of Schiller number 34 of only 150 sets printed. Octavo 10 volumes bound in full red morocco ornate gilt tooling to the spine with pastedowns of red leather borders and central green morocco panel with floral decorations at the corners and a central gilt sprig of flowers plates in two states printed on laid paper with deckled edges. Bookplates on versos of the moire green silk endpapers of New York industrialist John K. MacGowan. In fine condition. An exceptional set. Friedrich Schiller was a German playwright poet and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life Schiller developed a productive if complicated friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works that he had left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Xenien a collection of short satirical poems in which both Schiller and Goethe challenge opponents of their philosophical vision. Francis A. Niccolls hardcover
1832réf. 355490721064London: Henry Colburn 1832. Hard Cover. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley 1832. The first illustrated edition the 3rd edition overall being the revised corrected and illustrated edition with a new introduction by the author. SECOND PRINTING OF THE THIRD EDITION of the first revised edition of Shelley's masterpiece and the first edition to contain an illustration of the monster by Theodor von Holst. First printing of engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title page dated 1831 but with the 1832 printed title page. The frontispiece depicts the monster coming to life. Bound in contemporary 1/2 tan calf marbled boards 5 raised bands to the spine spine tooled in gilt and blind gilt lettered black spine label Inner and outer hinges still firm head and foot of spine very slightly rubbed; none of the usual foxing to the frontispiece and title page; inner text really clean. Overall a very good copy which has the number 1 in gilt to the third compartment of the spine. This comes together with a similarly bound first edition of "The Ghost-Seer!" by Frederick Schiller London: Colburn and Bentley 1831 which has an engraved frontispiece by Theodor von Holst of the "Greek Lady" appearing out of the new coffin with the Ghost Seer pointing. First printing of engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title page dated 1831 this being Vol 2 of two volumes. The first volume being of course bound up with Frankenstein. The frontispiece depicts a "grey-bearded old man kneeling before the monument and praying fervently". Also bound in similar contemporary style to the "Frankenstein" but without the marbled end-papers. Overall a VG copy For the 2 books now smartly covered in removable clear acetate. Photographs/scans available upon request. Henry Colburn hardcover
1839réf. 005001London: Richard Bentley 1839 1839. THIRD EDITION FOURTH PRINTING of the first revised edition of Shelley's masterpiece and the last to contain an illustration with the first printing of the engraved frontis and additional engraved title-page dated 1831. The frontis depicting the creature coming to life. Bound in the publisher's original blind stamped straight grained brown/maroon cloth engraved bookplate of Arnold Henry Robson to front pastedown. Spine expertly relined inner hinges strengthened spine and cover edges slightly sunned text clean and bright some minor foxing or offsetting to the engraved frontis and title-page overall still a GOOD copy of a book becoming increasingly difficult to find. According to RBH only 4 copies of this printing have appeared at auction in the last 25 years. In her introduction Shelley contextualizes the creation of her tale: "It proved a wet ungenial summer and incessant rain often confined us for days to the house. Some volumes of ghost stories translated from the German into French fell into our hands. 'We will each write a ghost story' said Lord Byron; and his proposition was acceded to" This printing was apparently issued with and without the additional engraved frontis dated 1831. We can only assume that additional copies of the 1831 frontis had finally run out with this printing. OCLC/WorldCat locate 9 copies of the 1839 edition 7 without the engraved frontis and only 2 with. London: Richard Bentley, 1839 hardcover
