FRITHIOFS-SAGE [with] AXEL [&] DIE ABENDMAHLSKINDER. (German script)

by Tegner, Esaias; Zoller, E. (trans.)

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Leipzig:: Verlag Philipp Reclam jun.,, ca. 1875. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) & Joseph Ibbotson Jr. bookplates; no card pocket or spine marks/label; marbled paper front cover damage from label removal crudely recolored; occasional light foxing; edges untrimmed; otherwise good.. 2pp. German book ads. Tegner (1782-1846); Swedish poet, scholar, bishop; Prof of Greek at Lund Univ., 1812-26. ||| German translation of Tegner's 3 best poems--`Frithiofs Sage' (1825), based on old Norse sagas--widely praised in Europe & by Goethe; `Axel,' also from the Norse; + `Die Abendmahlskinder' (`Children of The Lord's Supper') (1842). ||| `Frithiofs' is considered the most important Swedish poem; translated at least once into every European language, + at least 20 times into English & German. Benet calls it `one of the masterpieces of Scandinavian romanticism.' ||| Joseph Ibbotson Jr. was Chief Librarian at Hamilton College from 2nd decade of 20th century on.