KLOPSTOCK, Frederick & Margaret. Memoirs of Frederick and Margaret Klopstock. Translated from the German, by the Author of 'Fragments in Prose and Verse' (Elizabeth Smith). Bath: Richard Cruttwell. 1808
Contemp. purple half calf, gilt spine, marbled boards; lacking label, rubbed but sound.
¶First published in German, 1759. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. A note in the BL catalogue indicates this is 'based on a collection of letters communicated by Dr. Mumssen of Altona to the compiler and translator, Elizabeth Smith'. Klopstock has been described as 'the Milton of Germany'.
Stock #39692
£50
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