(GERMAN LITERATURE) The German Classics; Masterpieces of Ger

Sale 2319 - Lot 129

Price Realized: $ 3,600

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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500

UNRECORDED SET (GERMAN LITERATURE.) The German Classics; Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. 20 volumes. Extensively illustrated, frontispieces (some in 2 states), lettered tissue-guards. 8vo, elegantly bound in full brown crushed morocco burnished with yellow and green patterns, covers with central gilt motif of the German eagle surrounded by elaborate scrollwork within various decorative gilt borders, spines similarly gilt in compartments, all edges gilt; wide gilt turn-ins, green doublures with maroon and dark green floral onlays, green silk endpapers, a few volumes with slight edgewear; first signature in volume 1 working loose, bindings and plates clean. New York: The German Publication Society, (1913-1914)

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number 5 of just 100 numbered sets. A handsomely bound set of the unrecorded Emperor Edition. Though called for on the limitation page, this set lacking the editor's signature. Neither OCLC nor ABPC records like examples and it's conceivable that the 100 sets were never fully realized due to the outbreak of the First World War. The editor's note in the final volume states: "The European War, unfortunately, has prevented us from making the selections from contemporary German painting in volumes XIX and XX..." In a fine state of preservation, bright and attractive.