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Hofmannsthal, Hugo v.

The conversation about poems

Berlin, Hyperion Verlag 1918

36 x 27.5 cm. 31 pages. Original brown calfskin binding with spine title, cover fill, gold cover vignette, and gilt edges. In original slipcase. - First edition. One of 25 numbered copies of this rare deluxe edition in brown calfskin. Printed in Antiqua type, cut in 1747 by J. F. Rofart. It was printed by the printing house Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem. This dialogue between two art lovers, Gabriel and Clemens, about poems by Goethe, Hebbel, and George, was first published in 1904 under the title "Über Gedichte." Immaculately preserved. - Wilpert/Gühring 2/68. - Jacoby 64. - Houghton Library 347.

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