Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 70

Hinrek van Alkmar - Reineke Fuchs. 1752


70
Hinrek van Alkmar
Reineke Fuchs. 1752
Estimate:
€ 1,000 / $ 1,070
Sold:
€ 1,020 / $ 1,091

(incl. surcharge)
Heinrich von Alkmar, Reineke der Fuchs, mit schönen Kupfern, Nach der Ausgabe von 1498 ins Hochdeutsche übersetzet, und mit einer Abhandlung, von dem Urheber, wahren Alter und großen Werthe dieses Gedichtes versehen von J. Chr. Gottsched. 2 parts in 1 vol. With 2 engr. title vignettes and 60 coppers in the text by A. von Everdingen and S. Fokke. Leipzig/Amsterdam, P. Schenk 1752. Contemp. vellum. 4to. 52, 340, 93 (recte 83) pp.
Goedeke I, 483, 19 and III, 361, 2, 36. - Faber du Faur 1777. - Rümann 23. - Lanck./Oehler I, 68. - Borst 37. - First edition of the famous adaptation by Gottsched, a prose translation of the Low German version from 1498. Goethe used this translation for his adaptation into hexameters in1793. - Foxed in places and browned, title and last l. with small stamp, endpapers with entries. All in all a good copy.
2 parts in 1 vol. First edition of the famous adaptation of Gottsched, also used by Goethe later on. With 2 engr. title vignettes and 60 coppers in the text. Contemp. vellum. - Foxed in places and browned, title and last l. with small stamp, endpapers with entries. All in all a good copy.




70
Hinrek van Alkmar
Reineke Fuchs. 1752
Estimate:
€ 1,000 / $ 1,070
Sold:
€ 1,020 / $ 1,091

(incl. surcharge)