Bacon-Shakespeare's Venus und Adonis ein buchstablich genauer wiederabdruck der altesten original-ausgabe vom jahre 1593, verbunded mit der ersten wort und sinn getreuen ueber-setzung und erlaute-rung [First edition with some re-binding done in late 20th century -- early 21st century]

Bormann, Edwin

Verlag: Edwin Bormann's selbstverlag, Leipzig [self-published by his son, A. Edwin Bormann], 1899

Beschreibung

First edition hardcover, half-bound in dark brown leather, with green pebbled boards (with an added leather spine--from approximately thirty years ago, and a square from the original binding--of title--affixed to the new leather spine), with original book sewn-bound, is in VERY GOOD condition, having what looks like ancient staining to bottom area of front cover; a few spots of staining midway up front cover and on right edge; some light scuffing/rubbing to back cover; a small area of missing leather at top of first endpaper section with slight damage to top endpaper at top hinge; light foxing to closed page edges; very light handling wear to pages; normal age-toning to pages. Illustrated with more than 100 b&w illustrated plates, including 14 portraits, 18 views, 5 written facsimiles, and about 200 coats-of-arms. With text written by the elder Bormann (in German), plus the original old English of Shakespeare, and other contemporary writings. Apparently the elder Bormann, an Upper Saxon German dialect poet, was an advocate of the Shakespeare-Francis Bacon theory of authorship, and attempts to prove this with his text. Shakespeare. Francis Bacon. Elizabethan poetry. DB. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1862

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Bacon-Shakespeare's Venus und Adonis ein ...

Verlag: Edwin Bormann's selbstverlag, Leipzig [self-published by his son, A. Edwin Bormann]

Erscheinungsdatum: 1899

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition