Item No: #362546 Gedichte. Heinrich Heine.
Gedichte
Gedichte
Gedichte
Gedichte

Heine's First Book, a Classic of German Romantic Poetry

Gedichte

Notes: Heine's first book, a collection of poems published by a Berlin bookstore in December 1821 (but dated on the title page 1822). A scarce book by one of the most important 19th century German poets.

viii, 170, [1] pages. Collating as: [i] title, [ii] blank, [iii-iv] Zueignung, [v-viii] Inhalt, [1]-35, Traumbilder, [36] blank, [37]-64, Minnelieder, [65]-103, Romanzen, [104] blank, [105]-142, Sonette und vermischte Gedichte, [143]-170, Uebersetzungen aus Lord Byrons Werken, 170, printer's imprint: Berlin, gedruckt bei G. Hayn, [171] Berichtigung.

Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). A very good or better copy in contemporary marbled paper-covered boards. With a red-paper label on the spine, which is divided into compartments with four ornaments stamped in gilt. Label edge chipped just touching the H in Heine. Minor wear to the corners. Previous owner's name on the first blank. A bit musty.

Publication: Berlin: Maurerschen Buchhandlung, 1822.

Item No: #362546

Price: $6,500