Schubert,G.H.
The symbolism of the dream. Together with an appendix on the langu…
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Schubert,G.H. The symbolism of the dream. Together with an appendix on the language of waking (a fragment). Stgt., Belser 1968. gr.8°. With 9 original etchings by E. Fuchs. 212 pp., 3 pp. illustrated paperback in illustrated opp. slipcase. (Cover paper of slipcase torn at joint). Work copy outside the trade, numbered III of X (GA 410) with state prints of the etchings, ╔all signed and with printer's mark signed by E. Fuchs.╗ - Belser Presse, 3rd impression. - Spindler 64, 3rd Weis, Fuchs 123 III c; 124 III c; 125 III c; 126 III b; 127 III b; 136 III c; 137 III c; 138 III d; 139 III b. - Set after the first edition of 1814, taking into account the author's later "improvements" of printing errors. The fragment "Die Sprache des Wachens" was taken from the expanded third edition of 1840. In contrast to the original edition, the annotations were placed at the end of the volume and numbered throughout. - Typeset in Bembo Antiqua, Monotype 270 - Contains the etchings: Die Tiefe oben / Navi / Stern-fleisch / Eins ist nah und fern: der Stern / Hochzeit des Todes / Die Zeichen der Erlösung / Saturnische Sphinx / Der Gipfel / Janus.

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