Order Nr. 77773 BÜCHERSCHATZ DER DEUTSCHEN NATINAL-LITTERATUR DES XVI. UND XVII. JAHRHUNDERTS

BÜCHERSCHATZ DER DEUTSCHEN NATINAL-LITTERATUR DES XVI. UND XVII. JAHRHUNDERTS.

(Heyse, Karl).
  • Berlin: J.A. Stargardt, 1854.
  • small 8vo.
  • half cloth with marbled paper-covered boards and marbled edges
  • viii, 186 pages

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Order Nr. 77773

First edition (Besterman 916, Folter 337, Petzholdt 294). Catalogue of the collection of Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse (1797-1855), the noted philologist and university professor in Berlin. His library was famous for its pamphlets and ephemeral publications in sixteenth and seventeenth century German literature. This catalogue is still useful and often cited by bibliographers. Approximately 2,400 entries of poetry, religious works, ballads and folklore. Arranged chronologically and by genre with the booklabel of H.P.K.[raus] on the front pastedown. Foxing on first few pages. Paper covered boards and edges rubbed.