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832 - Nietzscheana – Dite Collection
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Nietzscheana – Dite Collection Nietzsche, Friedrich Thus Spoke Zarathustra. A Book for All and None. (Part 1.) Preface: Human, All Too Human. A Book for Free Spirits. Appendix: Miscellaneous Thoughts and Sayings. And: The same author. *The Wanderer and His Shadow*. Chemnitz et al., Schmeitzner et al., 1879, 1880 and 1883. 163 (1, printed) pp., 5 leaves (including), 1 blank leaf, 185 (1, errata) pp., XVIII pp. (including) and 114 pp., large 8° format. Contemporary half-vellum binding with gold-stamped title on the spine on a leather label and covers covered with Kiebitz paper (spine slightly stained and darkened, cover paper with minimal losses, corners and edges slightly bumped). First edition of the first part of Nietzsche’s best-known work. – Schaberg 31, 32a and 36. – Schaberg, *All Things Nietzsche*, Cat. 16, pp. 22ff. – Carter/Muir, p. 370. - Borst Collection 3580 and 3395. - WNB 300. - Wilpert/Gühring 8, 9 and 12. - Presented here in a private collection volume containing the bound-in Parts 2 (Appendix) and 3 (Supplement) of his first collection of aphorisms, *Human, All Too Human*, both of which are also first editions. - One of only 85 copies of *Zarathustra* I with the original, unaltered title page by Schmeitzer. 1,000 copies each were printed for Schmeitzner by R. Oschatz in Chemnitz and Teubner in Leipzig. Years later, 674 and 808 copies respectively remained of the Appendix and Supplement to *Human, All Too Human*, whilst as many as 915 copies of the first part of *Zarathustra* were still in circulation. The remaining copies were taken over by Nietzsche’s first publisher, Fritzsch, following Schmeitzner’s insolvency in 1886 and were presumably distributed as new editions with altered title pages. - Title page of *Miscellaneous Opinions and Sayings* with a handwritten dedication in black ink, dated 1909. With a few underlinings and annotations in pencil by an older hand. Slightly browned throughout. Overall, a well-preserved copy of this unique, highly collectable compilation of rare first editions by Nietzsche, with ‘Zarathustra’ I as its jewel. First edition, first printing of the first part of Nietzsche’s best-known work. - For references, see above. - Presented here in a privately bound volume together with the pre-bound parts 2 (appendix) and 3 (supplement) of his first collection of aphorisms, *Menschliches, Allzumenschliches*, both of which are also first editions, first printings. - One of only 85 copies of *Zarathustra* I featuring Schmeitzner’s original, unaltered title page. R. Oschatz in Chemnitz and Teubner in Leipzig each printed 1,000 copies for Schmeitzner. Of the appendix and supplement volumes to *Menschliches, Allzumenschliches*, 674 and 808 respectively remained in stock after several years. As many as 915 copies of the first part of “Zarathustra” remained. These were taken over by Nietzsche’s first publisher, Fritzsch, following Schmeitzner’s insolvency in 1886, and were presumably distributed as reissued editions with altered title pages. - Title page of *Vermischte Meinungen und Sprüche* with a handwritten dedication in black ink, dated 1909. With a few underlinings and annotations in pencil by an older hand. Slightly browned throughout. Overall, a well-preserved copy of this unique, highly collectable compilation of rare first printings, with *Zarathustra* I as its centrepiece.
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