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869 - Nietzscheana – Dite Collection
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Nietzscheana – Dite Collection Nietzsche, Friedrich Untimely Meditations. Part Four. Richard Wagner in Bayreuth. Second edition. Schloss-Chemnitz, Schmeitzner, 1876. 98 (2, printer’s notes) pp. Followed by: Wagner, R. *Parsifal*. A stage festival play. Mainz et al., Schott, 1877. 1 leaf (frontispiece), 81 (1) pp., 6 leaves (preface). Preceded by: Mensch, E. Richard Wagner’s Female Characters. Stuttgart, Levy & Müller, undated (1887). 45 (3, preface) pp. In addition 3 works in this volume. Contemporary half-linen binding with handwritten spine titles on a mounted paper label; the covers are covered in lapwing-patterned paper, and the reverse edges feature a veined marble decoration (slightly bumped and slightly scuffed in places along the edges). First edition of the fourth part of Nietzsche’s *Betrachtungen*, here with the erroneous addition ‘Second edition’ on the title page. - Schaberg 27. - Schaberg, *All Things Nietzsche*, Cat. 16, pp. 10–16. - Borst Collection 3194. - Jacobi, p. 51. - Volpi, pp. 758ff. - WNB 367. - Wilpert-Gühring 6. - Zimmermann 24. - The final work in a publication project originally planned by Nietzsche to comprise 13 texts on contemporary social, philosophical, religious and economic issues, 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 work, including the supplementary and preceding volumes, is also in its first edition. - 1,500 copies of the first edition of Nietzsche’s essay on Wagner were printed by C. G. Naumann in Leipzig for Schmeitzner, 800 of which featured a title page altered to include the addition ‘Second Edition.’, which was intended to boost sales. The copy presented here is therefore not a later edition with this title, but the genuine first edition with an alternative title page. The actual second edition was not published until 1886. – Provenance: owner’s note ‘Dr S. Wolf’ on the front flyleaf, as well as a mounted label from Antiquariat Kitzinger, Munich, on the front endpaper. - Pages 20–23 have a large, central light margin; a few pages of the ‘Parzifal’ are stained; throughout, there is the slight browning typical of the paper; overall, a clean collector’s volume. First edition, first printing of the fourth part of Nietzsche’s *Meditations*, here with the erroneous addition ‘Second edition’ on the title page. Bound in a contemporary half-calico binding with handwritten titles on the spine on a mounted paper label, boards covered with plover marbled paper, and painted edges in a veined marbled design (slightly bumped in places along the edges, with minor scuffing) – for references, see above. - The last essay published as part of a project originally planned by Nietzsche to comprise 13 texts on the social, philosophical, religious and economic issues of the time. It includes a tribute to Wagner, but also expresses a 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 two additional works bound in are also first editions. - 1,500 copies of the first edition of Nietzsche’s essay on Wagner were printed by C. G. Naumann in Leipzig for Schmeitzner; 800 of these featured a title page amended to include the addition ‘Second edition.’, intended to boost sales. The copy presented here is therefore not a later printing, but the genuine first printing with an alternative title page. The actual second edition was not published until 1886. - Provenance: Owner’s inscription ‘Dr S. Wolf’ on the front flyleaf, as well as a mounted label from Antiquariat Kitzinger, Munich, on the front endpaper. - Pages 20–23 show significant central shelf wear; a few pages of *Parzifal* have foxing; there is slight browning typical of the paper throughout. Overall, a clean volume of this gem comprising three works relating to Nietzsche and Wagner bound in a single volume.
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