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867 - Nietzscheana – Dite Collection
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Nietzscheana – Dite Collection Nietzsche, Friedrich Untimely Meditations. Part One. David Strauss: The Confessor and the Writer. Leipzig: Fritzsch, 1873. 2 leaves (title page, errata), 101 (1, publisher’s notice) Contemporary half-leather binding with a cover of veined paste paper, handwritten title on the spine and library call number on a mounted paper label, as well as edges speckled in mint green on the reverse (scraped and bumped). First edition of the first part of Nietzsche’s *Betrachtungen*, including the frequently missing sheet of ‘Corrections’. – Schaberg 23a. - Schaberg, *All Things Nietzsche*, Cat. 16, pp. 10–16. - Borst Collection 3194. - Jacobi, p. 51. - Volpi, pp. 758ff. - WNB 350. - Wilpert-Gühring 2. - Zimmermann 21. - The first text in a publication project originally planned by Nietzsche to comprise 13 texts on the social, philosophical, religious and economic issues of the time, formulated as a scathing critique of the work published in 1872 *The Old and the New Faith*, penned by the theologian, philosopher and writer David Friedrich Strauss (1808–74). “Strauss’s book was the embodiment of the Zeitgeist with its unproductive smugness, intellectual snobbery, superficial assimilation of great works of art and new scientific theories, myopic criticism and patronising praise for even the greatest genius.” (Schaberg, p. 14). - 1,000 copies of the first edition were printed by C. G. Naumann in Leipzig on behalf of Fritzsch. Even after several years, only 517 of these had been sold. The remaining stock was bought back or repurchased by Naumann from Fritzsch and Nietzsche’s second publisher, Schmeitzner, following their respective bankruptcies, and distributed as a ‘title edition’ (with the publisher’s details covered, the publisher’s stamp or a new title page), which is why only around half of the print run entered circulation with the original, unaltered title page, as seen here. - Provenance: A withdrawn copy from the library of the Hindenburg University, Nuremberg, bearing the institution’s stamp on the title page and p. 101, a cancellation stamp on the title page, and several notes, mostly in pencil, on the endpapers and title page. - Partly slightly stained, but overall a soundly preserved copy of this early work. First edition, first printing of the first part of Nietzsche’s *Betrachtungen*, including the *Berichtigungen* leaf, which is often missing. Bound in a contemporary cardboard cover overlaid with veined paste paper, with a handwritten title and library call number on mounted paper labels on the spine, as well as mint-green speckled edges (worn and bumped).- For references, see above. - The first work in a publication project originally planned by Nietzsche to comprise 13 texts on the social, philosophical, religious and economic issues of the time, formulated as a scathing critique of the 1872 work “Der alte und der neue Glaube” (The Old and the New Faith) by the theologian, philosopher and writer David Friedrich Strauss (1808–74). “Strauss’s book was the embodiment of the Zeitgeist, with its unproductive smugness, intellectual snobbery, superficial assimilation of great works of art and new scientific theories, short-sighted criticism and patronising praise even for the greatest genius.” (Schaberg, p. 14). – 1,000 copies of the first edition were printed by C. G. Naumann in Leipzig on behalf of Fritzsch. Even after several years, only 517 of these had been sold. The remainder was sold and/or repurchased by Fritzsch and later by Nietzsche’s second publisher, Schmeitzner, following their respective bankruptcies, and finally by Naumann; they distributed them as a reissued edition (with the old publisher’s details covered by a new label, bearing the actual publisher’s stamp or featuring a new title page), which is why only about half of the print run entered circulation with Fritzsch’s original, unaltered title page, as in this copy. - Provenance: A copy formerly held by the Hindenburg University, Nuremberg, bearing the institution’s stamp on the title page and p. 101, a cancellation stamp on the title page, and a few notes, mostly in pencil, on the endpapers and title page. - Some minor staining. Overall, a sound copy of this early publication by Nietzsche.
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