BEIN GER37: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., CourtCards: Abundant fleurs-de-lis; KS with harp and sceptre; QS in left profile, holds flower; JS with leaping dog; KH holds orb and sword; heraldic device of Saxony at feet; KD in left profile: LEIPZIG; JC with space for inscription., and Trumps: Single figure trumps; VI with man and camel; VII, unicorn; X, lion; XIII, man rides trunk of elephant; Fool holds violin and bow.
The first edition of Kafka’s first book publication. The slim volume, issued by Rowohlt in 800 copies, brings together unrelated prose fragments Kafka had written for two journals between 1908 and 1910. Only 300 copies were distributed before Rowohlt sold the remaining copies to another publisher, who issued them with a new title page. Copies of this true first edition are exceedingly rare; this one even preserves the publisher’s advertisement in the form of a book strip.
BEIN 1971 206: Original wrappers., BEIN 2014 577: Original wrappers. Housed in case. Bookplate of Carroll Atwood Wilson. Bookplate of Laura K. and Valerian Lada-Mocarski. Accompanied by: Bookseller's description (1 sheet)., and "Sonderdruck aus den 'Annalen der physik'. band 49. 1916".
Engelische Comedien vnd Tragedien, das ist, Sehr Schöne herrliche vnd ausserlesene, geist- vnd veltliche Comedie vnd Tragedi Spiel, sampt dem Pickelhering
Description:
BEIN Zg17 A13 624: Bookplate: Curt und Emma von Faber du Faur. Armorial stamp: Fürstlich Stolberg. Bibliothek Wernigerode. Undeciphered inscription on blank leaf at end., "The Titus Andronicus and Julio und Hippolita are on the theme of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Cf. Albert Cohn, Shakespeare in Germany, p. 117 etc. Published by Gottfried Grosse in Leipzig"--Yale Collection of German Literature. German Baroque literature., and Signatures: A-3B⁸ (3B8 blank).
Publisher:
Gottfried Grosse
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Subject (Topic):
Influence, German drama (Comedy), English drama, and German drama
Manuscript on paper of Hesiod in Latin translation, with printed editions of Silius Italicus, Juvenal, and Persius
Description:
In Latin., Script: Throughout the book the gloss is written in extremely small Gothica Cursiva Libraria, but the lemmata or opening words of the marginal glosses are executed in a large calligraphic form of the same script. Art. 4 copied by one hand in bold Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Formata., Binding: original quarter leather binding: blind-tooled pigskin and wooden boards, spine with three raised bands. One brass clasp attached to the rear board. The binding is strengthened with strips of parchment cut from a manuscript containing Eberhardus Bethuniensis (Everard of Béthune, d. 1212), Graecismus., and Bound with 3 other titles.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Hesiod., Juvenal., Persius., and Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius.