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847 - Nietzscheana – Dite Collection
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Estimate €700 - €900

Description

Nietzscheana – Dite Collection Nietzsche, Friedrich The Birth of Tragedy. Or: Hellenism and Pessimism. New edition with an ‘Attempt at Self-Criticism’. Leipzig, Fritzsch, (delivered) 1886. XVIII, IV, 143 pp. Contemporary half-leather binding with title on spine (block slightly damaged). Schaberg 41. – Mixed copy from the 2nd revised edition with the addition on the title page: ‘An Attempt at Self-Criticism’ and the unaltered text of the first edition, comprising 143 pages rather than the 144 pages of the 2nd, final edition. - Cf. Schaberg 42, 20 and 30 – Krummel 60 – Vol. 1 (DS) not available in Weimar. - Title page bearing a handwritten signature, attached at the top to the front flyleaf, title slightly torn at the inner fold, a few underlinings, subheadings on the recto with a handwritten quotation from Dionysas, on the verso with full-page annotations; overall, a good copy of this rare edition. A hybrid copy combining the 2nd revised edition—with the addition on the title page: ‘Versuch einer Selbstkritik’ – and the unaltered text of the first edition, which has 143 pages rather than the 144 pages of the 2nd, final edition. – See Schaberg 41, 42, 20 and 30 – Krummel 60 - Title page bearing a handwritten signature, attached to the top of the front flyleaf; the title page is slightly torn at the inner fold; there are a few underlinings; the subheading on the recto side features a handwritten quotation from Dionysias, whilst the verso side contains full-page annotations; overall, a good copy of this rare edition.

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847 - Nietzscheana – Dite Collection See original version (German)

847 - Nietzscheana – Dite Collection
See original version (German)