Lot 926
J. v. Hammer-Purgstall, Morgenlaendisches Kleeblatt. Vienna 1819.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
926
Category:
Literature from the 17th to 19th century
Artist:
Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall
Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph von: Morgenlaendisches Kleeblatt bestehend aus parsischen Hymnen, arabischen Elegien, türkischen Eklogen. Wien: Anton Doll 1819. 20,4 x 15,5 cm. With embossed title, 3 embossed plates and 3 embossed vignettes. 2 leaves, 104 pages. Half-parchment with a handwritten title on the spine
(Worn, bumped, scuffed and stained. Dedication page with a stamp pasted over the reverse. The foreword page has a small hole in the outer margin. Page N³ has a closed tear in the spine. Moist edges throughout. Browned and with age spots. With some markings in pencil and black ink.)
Goed. VII, 762, 53. Rabenlechner I, p. 121. Wilpert/Gühring 24. - A rare collection of Oriental poetry penned by the eminent Austrian diplomat, Orientalist and writer Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774–1856). The texts included also feature poems that were later reprinted in other collections and editions; these include Hammer’s ‘Die Cypresse’ and the poem ‘Der Beduine’.
(Worn, bumped, scuffed and stained. Dedication page with a stamp pasted over the reverse. The foreword page has a small hole in the outer margin. Page N³ has a closed tear in the spine. Moist edges throughout. Browned and with age spots. With some markings in pencil and black ink.)
Goed. VII, 762, 53. Rabenlechner I, p. 121. Wilpert/Gühring 24. - A rare collection of Oriental poetry penned by the eminent Austrian diplomat, Orientalist and writer Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774–1856). The texts included also feature poems that were later reprinted in other collections and editions; these include Hammer’s ‘Die Cypresse’ and the poem ‘Der Beduine’.