Goethe holcroft thomas (2 risultati)
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: T. N. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster Row, London and Biggs and Cottle, Bristol 1801
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Da: Excalibur Books, Penzance, Regno UnitoExcalibur Books
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EUR 286,36
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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. First Thus. Beautifully illustrated with 9 Engraved Plates by Warren, Fittler, Neagle, Anker-Smith, Heath, Thomsom & Parker after F. Catel. Frontis has engraved illus. of a Lyre, by Neagle. xxii preliminary pages (essay by Holcroft), main text 211 pages (172 of then being the Poem in IX/…9 Cantos followed by "Notes". Finally an advert for poetical works printed for T.N. Longman and O. Rees. This copy is from the Library of Thomas Austen Holcroft, his antique Bookplate illustrated with Armorial Bearing is on the front endpaper. Capt. William Holcroft married Jane Austen's cousin Frances (Fanny) in 1808, Thomas was their second son. Period Black Half-Leather binding with bright Gilt Title and Gilt horizontal divisions on spine. Top page edges gilt, other page edges untrimmed. Split to leather down sides of spine. No inscriptions except "Dorothy" written on the bookplate. Small closed edge tear to ffep, repaired with book mending tissue. Please ask if you would like any more information or photos.
Editore: London, Biggs and Cottle (Bristol), for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1801. 1801
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Da: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, , Regno UnitoBernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB
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EUR 417,61
EUR 37,07 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
8vo, pp. xxii, [2], 211, [1], with an engraved frontispiece and nine other engraved plates after Franz Ludwig Catel; a couple of leaves coming loose, but a good copy in contemporary half calf and marbled boards; spine worn and chipped at head and foot.First edition in English of Hermann und Dorothea (1798), translated into verse… by the radical, novelist, and friend of Godwin, Thomas Holcroft. Goethe's epic, set against the background of the French Revolutionary Wars, was immensely popular in its day; Goethe praised Holcroft's rendition in a letter of 29 May 1801.The poem was printed in Bristol by Cottle, favourite of the Romantics, and the advertisements at the end include those for the important second edition of Lyrical Ballads, as well as Cottle's own Poems. Language: English.
