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Moritz August von Thummel (1738-1817), Hans Rochocz (1896-1971). Illustrated by Martin Erich Philipp, or MEPH, (1887-1978)Biblio.com

Willhelmine oder der vermahlte Pedant: Ein prosaisches comisches Gedicht German Signed with 10 Prints

1920réf. 01810Leipzig: J. J. Weber. Printed by U. Rudenbrod Co. in Berlin 1920. 1 of 500 Copies. Hardcover. Fine. PRINTS. Moritz August von Thummel 1738-1817 Hans Rochocz 1896-1971. Illustrated by Martin Erich Philipp or MEPH 1887-1978. "Willhelmine oder der vermahlte Pedant: Ein prosaisches comisches Gedicht German Signed with 10 Prints." Leipzig: J. J. Weber. Printed by Rudenbrod in Berlin 1920. 1 of 500 copies this example numbered 263 in pencil on colophon. Signed by MEPH in pencil under frontispiece etching. German language. Quarter vellum with tips over black-lettered white paper. A word-by-word reproduction of Thummel's first "Martin Luther" edition with a foreword by Rochocz and 10 exquisite erotic copper-plate etchings by MEPH printed sepia with tissue guards on Von Gelder Zonen watermarked chain-laid sheets. Small 4to. 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches. 10 oz. 4 52 pp. One tissue guard with patina. Interior clean. Fine. No ISBN. No ASIN. OCLC: 72652438. "When 'Willhelmine' was first published in 1764 without an author's name it caused a tremendous stir: Lessing wanted to proclaim that Germany had one more genius. The thunderous acclaim that the 26-year-old poet and court squire Moritz August von Thummel received did not deter him from consulting the criticism of older friends; and thus a second 'Willhelmine' the heavily revised final version was published as early as 1766. The reservations that the 18th century felt it had to raise about the first edition created in a single stroke in a happy hour are irrelevant today. Content and style as well as the later convictions of the poet himself justify the choice of the first version which this reprint reproduces word for word and punctuates faithfully. Luther's exit in this humorous scene can no more be misinterpreted today than the poet can be reproached for the violated unity of time in the first canto. As a whole 'Willhelmine' represents the first successful attempt to transfigure idyllic German conditions with French elegance. At the same time Thummel displays a naively noble reserve which is lacking in both the poet's teacher Voltaire and his later rival Wieland. 'Willhemine' is one of the most amiable and witty representatives of the preclassical period. Voss's Luise and Goethe's Hermann and Dorothea demonstrate the way in which the realistic idyll of the classical period is linked to 'Willhelmine' the most significant idyllic comic heroic poem. Leipzig: J. J. Weber. Printed by U. Rudenbrod Co. in Berlin hardcover

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