[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Henrich von Kleist's 5-act play, "Das Katchen von Heilbron..." Berlin: 1810

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Kleist, Henrich von. DAS KATHCHEN VON HEILBRON ODER DIE FEUERPROBE... Berlin: Realschulbuchhandlung. 1810. 8vo. First edition. 198,(2)pp. The final leaf a blank. Cont. full polished calf, gilt spine with red morocco title label. A green morocco author label on the spine is mostly chipped off. Hinges a bit rubbed and text with some light foxing. Marbled endpapers. Edges dyed red.    $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
Published after its first performance in Vienna, March 17-20, 1810. A five act play written in blank verse. Kleist committed suicide the following year in 1811.

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