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an old book sitting on top of a white table next to a white wallrichard wagnerr, bayreuth, and prudendo niftscheme, vol 1, no 1, march - may, 1933
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860 - Nietzscheana – Dite Collection
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Nietzscheana – Dite Collection Nietzsche, Friedrich Richard Wagner at Bayreuth. Translated by Marie Baumgartner with the author’s permission. Schloss-Chemnitz et al., Schmeitzner et al., 1877. 1 leaf (title page), 197 (3, printer’s notes, errata) S. Slightly later Bradel-style cardboard binding with gold-embossed spine title on a mounted paper label; the covers are covered with marbled paper; the original turquoise dust jacket with a typographic cover title is bound in (minor losses at the headbands, spine darkened, corners and edges slightly bumped). First French edition of the final part of Nietzsche’s *Betrachtungen*, published in the year following the first edition. – Schaberg 28. - Schaberg, *All Things Nietzsche*, Cat. 16, pp. 10–16. - The final work in a publication project originally conceived by Nietzsche as a series of 13 texts on the social, philosophical, religious and economic issues of the time, containing a tribute to Wagner, but also an early rejection of the emerging Wagner cult on the occasion of the Bayreuth Festival, which was inaugurated that same year. “It symbolised for Nietzsche ‘the extirpation of the German spirit in favour of the German Reich’.” (Schaberg, p. 16) – The translation was done by Marie Baumgartner-Köchlin (1831–97) from Lörrach in Baden, a close intellectual confidante and (corresponding) friend of Nietzsche’s. Nietzsche met Baumgartner in the autumn of 1874 through her son Adolf, who was studying Greek in Basel under the philosopher and who often acted as a reader and scribe for Nietzsche, who suffered from poor eyesight. Baumgartner translated *Schopenhauer as Educator* and this very essay on Wagner – the first publication of a text by Nietzsche in French – thereby making a significant contribution to his early international success - Between 1,100 and 1,200 copies were printed by Jahncke in Berlin for Schmeitzner. Even after several years, only 33 of these had been sold, the remaining stock of 967 copies was taken over, following the publisher’s insolvency in 1886, by Nietzsche’s first publisher, Fritzsch, and finally by the printer-publisher Naumann, who stamped the front covers with his mark, as seen here. - A few faint marginal notes in pencil; browned throughout due to the paper; overall a very clean and attractively bound copy with two of the three full margins. First French edition of the final part of Nietzsche’s *Meditations*, published in the year following the first edition. Bound in a slightly later Bradel-style cardboard binding with a gilt title on the spine on a mounted paper label. The boards are covered with marbled paper, and the original turquoise dust jacket, bearing a typographic title on the front, is bound in (minimal loss to the top edge; the spine is somewhat darkened; the corners and edges are slightly bumped). - For references, see above. - The fourth and final work in a publication project originally planned by Nietzsche to comprise 13 texts on the social, philosophical, religious and economic issues of the time, containing a tribute to Wagner but also an early rejection of the emerging Wagner cult following the inauguration of the Bayreuth Festival that same year. “For Nietzsche, it symbolised ‘the extirpation of the German spirit in favour of the German Reich’.” (Schaberg, p. 16) – The translation was carried out by Marie Baumgartner-Köchlin (1831–97) from Lörrach in Baden, a close intellectual confidante and (corresponding) friend of Nietzsche’s. Baumgartner met Nietzsche in 1874 through her son Adolf, who was studying Greek in Basel under the philosopher and who often acted as a reader and scribe for Nietzsche, who suffered from poor eyesight. Baumgartner translated *Schopenhauer as Educator* and the present essay on Wagner – the first publication of a text by Nietzsche in French – thereby contributing significantly to his early international success. – 1,100 to 1,200 copies were printed by Jahncke in Berlin for Schmeitzner. Even after several years, only 33 of these had been sold. Following Schmeitzner’s insolvency in 1886, the remaining 967 copies passed into the hands of Nietzsche’s first publisher, Fritzsch, and finally to the printer-publisher Naumann, who stamped the front covers with his mark, as seen here. - A few faint marginal notes in pencil; the paper used for this edition has browned throughout. Overall, a very clean and attractively bound copy, with two of the three margins featuring deckle edges.
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