Shelfmark
Ep.1.11
Title
Das Nibelungenlied. Uebersetzt von Gotthard Oswald Marbach. Mit Holzschnitten nach Originalzeichnungen von Eduard Bendemann und Julius Hübner.
Varying form of title
Added title page title: Daz ist der Nibelüne Liet
Publication, distribution, etc.
Leipzig : Verlegt durch die Brüder Otto und Georg Wigand., 1840.
Physical description
[408] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Note
Signed and gathered in 4's; text within wood-engraved decorative borders; wood-engraved initials and ornaments; illustrations are wood-engravings.
Note
Wood-engraved title page (f. [pi]2) signed "F. Unzelmann. sc: Berlin" bears title: Daz ist der Nibelunge Liet.
Note
Last 20 pages: list of subscribers.
Provenance
Inscription on front flyleaf: Zur Bibliothek das Koniglichen Collegium zu Eton. Dankbares Geschenk eines Etonischen Mitglieders[?] den Roxburghischen Gesellschaft. 1842.
Provenance
Donated to Eton College by E.C. Hawtrey, 1842. Enclosed is a letter from E.C. Hawtrey to the Provost of Eton, dated March 1842.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
Contemporary red morocco, with extensive gold tooled decoration on boards; green morocco inlay centrepiece, bearing words 'Denkmal zur Säcularfeier der Buchdruckerey', and a chalice with a bird and two laurel branches; green morocco inlay spine label; deep square with gold tooling; gilt and gauffred edges.
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Bendemann, Eduard, 1811 - 1889 illustrator.
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Hübner, Julius, 1806 - 1882 illustrator.
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Unzelmann, Friedrich Ludwig, 1797 - 1854 engraver.
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Hawtrey, Edward Craven, 1789 - 1862 former owner.
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Otto und Georg Wigand printers.
Added entry--place
Germany Leipzig.
Language code
ger
Identifier
B37062