Friedrich Holderlin — Gesang Des Deutschen

Frankfurt, Bauersche Foundry, 1925. Paperback. A very scarce limited edition of this poetical work from German poet and philosopher Holderlin, in the original German. German. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is number eighty. A ode to the country of Germany first published in the early nineteenth century. This work, along with another ode 'Death for the Fatherland', had a disastrous impact in later years being one of Holderlin's most frequently quoted poems during the Nazi era. Written by Johann Christian Friedrich Holderlin, a German poet and philosopher, described as "the most German of Germans" and a key figure of German Romanticism. In the original paper wraps. Externally, sound with light wear to the extremities and sunning to the wrap edges. A closed tear to the spine with light chipping to the extremities. A 3" closed tear to the front panel. Hinges tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the extremities. Good . Ill.: None. Good .