Saphir a (7 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : As New. No Jacket. Originally printed by James Nisbet & Co, in 1873. Postage reduced within the UK.

Brown Cloth. Etat : Good to very good. None. ffep missing.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. None. Collected and edited by David Baron, postage reduced within the UK.

Paperback. Etat : Near Fine. None. Originally published by Hodder and Stoughton, postage reduced within the UK.

220.SAPHIR A. 19-- ? THE EPISTLE TO THE HEREWS. AN EXPOSITION. TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME ONE. COVER IS LOOSE FROM SPINE. VOLUME TWO. WATER STAINED POOR CONDITION. A TOTAL OF 889PP. OBG-BASE-8).

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition; with slight traces of mount on blank reverse of second leaf. Folded twice. He begins by explaining that he was 'not able to call before leaving Edinburgh', as he was 'much harried at last'. He asks him if he 'could do anything to bring my books into notice in Edinburgh', and especially the new edition of his 'Christ Crucified' (the book went through six editions between 1873 and 1893): 'As Xmas time is approaching you may be able to do them a kind turn.' He is 'at present more dependent on literary income, but irrespective of this I am anxious that these books should not be overlooked - perhaps you can give them a little impulse'. He concludes by stating that he is sorry to leave 'dear Edinburgh'. In a postscript he states that 'McLarens [Sermon?] is the best Scotch [Sermon?], I ever used! or heard, & more worth [sic] than ten millions of "Scotch S. 1880". How is it sold for circulation?'.…

350 S., 4 Bl., Enthalten sind vor allem zahlreiche Gedichte und Balladen des österreichischen Autors Moritz Gottlieb Saphir (1795 - 1858), ferner Gedichte von Johann Braun von Braunthal (1802 - 1866), Alphonse de Lamartine (1790 - 1869) in der Übertragung von Gustav Schwab, Nikolaus Lenau, Lord Byron und anderen. Das Zusammenspiel von für Leopoldine ausgesuchter Liebespoesie, kalligraphischer Präzision und dem prachtvollen Einband ergibt ein kleines Meisterwerk romantischer Verehrung und Poesiebegeisterung. - Innen stellenweise minimal gebräunt, sonst wohlerhalten und frisch. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000 sehr dekorativer, hellbrauner Maroquin-Band der Zeit mit reicher Romantiker-Vergoldung auf Rücken und Decken, dreiseitigem Goldschnitt und versilberter Schließe mit geäzten Ornamenten (stellenweise leicht berieben, vorderes Gelenk mit winzigem Einriß), 22 x 17,5 cm.…