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Kleist, Heinrich v.

Käthchen von Heilbronn or the Trial by Fire. A great historical knight's game.

Leipzig, Hübel & Denck (1922)

29 x 23.5 cm. 156 pages. With six etched initials and a final vignette by Otto Weigel. Reddish-brown original morocco binding with rich gilt covers and spine, black spine label, and gilt edges. (Signed Hübel & Denck Leipzig). One of only 90 copies on Van Geldern laid paper, printed for Hübel & Denck. Käthchen von Heilbronn occupies a special place in Kleist's dramatic oeuvre. Thanks to its baroque abundance of romantic and fairytale motifs, it has more the character of a dialogic novel than a drama. A flawless copy.

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