Schiller

1838 · ref. 000423 — Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung 1838. Hardcover. Very Good -. 12 volumes: frontispiece in vol. 1 is a portrait of Schiller; 16 cm. Black cloth spines with grey paper wrappers. Handwritten labels on the spines. The back of the fronispiece in vol. 1 is inscribed: "Philip Kassel. Zum Andenken erhalten von Herrn Koch Subrector Frankenthal." The front pastdowns and title pages of various volumes bear the names variously of Ervin Koch Ph. Kassel and Meyer. The title page of vol. 1 also bears the remains of a small handwritten label. It is extremely rare to find a complete set such as this still in its original wrappers which would normally either have been replaced by a permanent binding by the first owner or have deteriorated after nearly 175 years. Contents: vol. 1. Gedichte der 1.-3. Periode; Metrische Uebersetzungen: Die Zerstörung von Troja; Dido -- vol. 2. Die Räuber; Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua; Cabale und Liebe; Der Menschenfeind -- vol. 3. Metrische Uebersetzungen: Iphigenie in Aulis; Scenen aus den Phönicierinnen des Euripides; Don Carlos -- vol. 4. Wallenstein -- vol. 5. Maria Stuart -- Die Jungfrau von Orleans; Die Braut von Messina -- vol. 6. Wilhelm Tell. Die Huldigung der Künste. Macbeth von Shakespeare; Turandot nach Gozzi -- vol. 7. Phädra von Racine. Der Parasit: nach dem Französischen; Der Neffe als Onkel aus dem Französischen des Piccard; Nachlass -- vol. 8. Geschichte des Abfalls der vereinigten Niederlande von der spanischen Regierung -- vol. 9. Geschichte des dreissigjährigen Kriegs -- vol. 10. Prosaische Schriften -- vols. 11.-12. Kleine Schriften vermischten Inhalts. In Very Good- Condition: some soiling and old dampstaining of the wrappers; the cloth is partially detached from the spine of vol. 12; some spine labels are intact most are chipped with some loss; light marginal dampstaining of a few pages not effecting text; foxing throughout heavy on some pages but absent from others. Pages are tight. A very scarce intact set in the original wrappers. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung hardcover