Schiller

1867 · rif. 40477 — Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung 1867. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Large octavo. App. 8000pp. Original three quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt tooling and lettering on spine; raised bands. Decorative color edges. Marbled endpapers. The set was published by the Cotta'sche Buchhandlung from 1867–1876. Rare as complete set. Text in German Gothic script. Leather with some scuffing and chipping along edges Ex-Libris of L. Ricard-Abenheimer on inside front covers of first 16 volumes red and black with Putten head and modern design Ex-Libris of Eugen Katz in last volume. Overall a very impressive set of this Schiller edition in very good condition. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1759–1805 was on of the great German poets and playwrights of all time. Also known as a philosopher physician scientist and historian Schiller struck up a productive though complicated friendship with the influential and famous Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Their intense relationship and exchange discussing issues concerning aesthetics led to a period that now often is referred to as Weimar Classicism. J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung hardcover books