641 - Claudius, Matthias. *Asmus omnia sua secum portans*, or *The Complete Works of the Poet from Wandsbeck*. 8 parts and an appendix to Part 5 in 7 volumes. With 1 engraved frontispiece, 7 (repeated) title vignettes, 13 copperplate engravings (some full-page; 8 by Chodowiecki and 3 by Schellenberg), and 11 woodcuts. 1775–1812. Contemporary half-leather bindings with spine label and gilt lettering: 15 x 9.5 cm; and a contemporary paperboard binding for Part 8: 17 x 10.5 cm.

Claudius, Matthias. *Asmus omnia sua secum portans*, or *The Complete Works of the Poet from Wandsbeck*. 8 parts and an appendix to Part 5 in 7 volumes. With 1 engraved frontispiece, 7 (repeated) title vignettes, 13 copperplate engravings (some full-page; 8 by Chodowiecki and 3 by Schellenberg), and 11 woodcuts. 1775–1812. Contemporary half-leather bindings with spine label and gilt lettering: 15 x 9.5 cm; and a contemporary paperboard binding for Part 8: 17 x 10.5 cm. Borst 304 (excluding Part 5, Appendix) – Goed. IV/I, 978,8. – First complete edition. – According to Goed., Parts 1 and 2 are reprints; according to Borst, all parts are first editions. - Parts 1–4: From the author, and on consignment at Gottlieb Löwe in Breslau (1775–1783); Part 5: From the author, and on consignment at Carl Ernst Bohn in Hamburg (1790); Part 5, Appendix: Hamburg, published on commission by Friedr. Perthes (circa 1798); Parts 6–7: Published by the author and on commission by Friedr. Perthes in Hamburg (1798–1803); Part 8: Supplement to the Complete Works … Published at the author’s expense, 1812. On bluish paper, untrimmed. – Volume 1 with original covers from the paperback edition included. - Bookplate on the inside cover. - Front cover corner of Volume 3/4 has a crease; spine of the cardboard binding has been restored. Endpapers are partly stained with glue, partly slightly browned or spotted. *