Lot 940

W. H. Wackenroder/L. Tieck, Herzensergießungen eines kunstliebenden Klosterbruders. Berlin 1797.

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€ 300
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€ 200
Lot: 940
Category: Literature from the 17th to 19th century
(Wackenroder, Wilhelm Heinrich und Ludwig Tieck): Herzensergießungen eines kunstliebenden Klosterbruders. Berlin: J. F. Unger 1797. 14,8 x 9,7 cm. With an engraved portrait (“The Divine Raphael”) in sepia print by F. W. Bollinger. 275 pp. Cardboard covered with colored paper and remnants of a red spine label

(Scuffed, bumped, corners torn. Slightly tanned, with age spots in places.)

Borst 797. Goed. VI, 36, 36 und 46, 4, 5. Holzmann/Bohatta II, 9395. VD18 14752212. Wilpert/Gühring, S. 1495, 12 und S. 1558, 5. - Second printing of the first edition; the first printing appeared as early as the fall of 1796, though it did not yet include the sepia-printed portrait that was added later. - An influential collection of art-theoretical essays from the early Romantic period that had a far-reaching impact on 19th-century painting. The volume contains the programmatic essays on Dürer, the preface “Longing for Italy,” and “The Remarkable Musical Life of the Composer Joseph Berglinger.” Two letters from painters are by Tieck.