Das Nibelungen-Lied
by Simrock, Karl (transcribed by); Max von Boehn (introduction)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- vg+
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Berlin: Askanischer Verlag, 1923. Hardcover. vg+. Quarto. (4) 138, 367 (1)pp. Original vellum backed illustrated debossed tan boards with red and brown lettering on spine; raised bands. Red top edge, deckled bottom and foredge. Red and black printed title page with decorative border. Decorative initials and musical score as endpiece. All 39 Adventures of the Niebelungen-Lied with descriptive steel engraving and decorative border with title line. The introduction by Max von Boehn, "The Nibelungen in Art," is profusely illustrated with tipped-in and printed b/w reproductions of frescos, paintings, drawings, woodcuts, engravings and lithographs by various artists including Heinrich Wilhelm Ritter, Karl Philipp Fohr, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, W. von Kaulbach, Moritz von Schwind, Melchior Lechter, Arnold Böcklin, Hans Thoma and others. The title page illustrations for the 39 adventures are by Eduard Bendemann, Julius Hübner, Alfred Rethel and T. Stilke. The binding is fashioned after a book from the Abbey Benediktbeuren around 1502. The volume belonging to the collection Eduard Grisebach is located in the library of the Craft museum in Berlin. Our edition was printed by Otto von Holten in Berlin and bound at the Askanischer Verlag. Text in German, Gothic script. Binding reinforced with binding tap at front and back gutter. Starting at page 17 of introduction. Else binding and interior in very good+ condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43285
- Title
- Das Nibelungen-Lied
- Author
- Simrock, Karl (transcribed by); Max von Boehn (introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Askanischer Verlag
- Place of Publication
- Berlin
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- lithography, painting, drawing, woodcut, fresco, engraving, German art, wagner, opera poetry
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Gutter
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- Good+
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Title Page
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- Quarto
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- Vellum
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