[Rarebooks] Nietzsche's "Ecce Homo" - rare on Japanese velin

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NIETZSCHE, ECCE HOMO, Insel Verlag, Leipzig, 1908. 1 leaf + TPs + 7-154 + 2 
leaves, Square Quarto.

FIRST EDITION, Schaberg 61a. 

$2,250

This copy is one of the rare (only 150 printed) copies on Japanese velin. 
Schaberg 61a.         
Released in an edition of 1,250 copies: 150 on Japanese velin and 1,100 on 
parchment. The original copies were so expensive that this was dubbed the "bank 
director's edition".

Nietzsche's famous autobiography which his sister, Elisabeth, withheld from 
publication until eight years after his death. While surely autobiography, this 
work is extremely stylized and defies any traditional classification. The 
chapter titles are humorous in the extreme - "Why I Am So Wise", "Why I Am So 
Clever", "Why I Write Such Good Books" and "Why I Am A Destiny" - and suggest the 
exact opposite of the modest pose of Socrates who insisted that he was wise 
because he knew he was not wise. Most importantly, the book presents 
Nietzsche's own history and evaluation of his books which he clearly considered to be 
his legacy to the world and the place where he had buried his "dynamite".

This copy is one of 150 printed on Japanese velin in gold and black inks and 
is numbered #60. The boards are in grey leather. There is some old water 
damage to the front cover (3" x 5") at top near spine, to the spine at top 4" and 
on the rear cover in a triangular shape at the top by the spine (3" x 5").  A 
light triangular discoloration continues on the text pages in the upper, gutter 
corner -disappearing on page 50. Otherwise, a tight and clean copy. 

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