Berlepsch, Emilie von. Summer Hours. First volume. With gest. portrait frontispiece and title vignette. Zurich, Orell, Füssli and Comp., 1794. 8°. 231 S. Interim brown cloth with handwritten title on spine (minimally dampstained and foxed, somewhat rubbed, corners bumped). [First Edition]. - With personal dedication from Von Berlepsch to her friend C. Zeerleder, Bern 1795, on front title. - This volume of verse and prose was first published in 1794. Emilie von Berlepsch (1755-1830) can be counted among the circle of literarily gifted women around Goethe who were already working for their emancipation in the 18th century. - Minimally with isolated foxing.

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