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The Laocoon,

LESSING, Gotthold Ephraim. The Laocoon, and other prose writing. Translated and edited by W.B. Rönnfeldt. Walter Scott. (The Scott Library, no. 96.) [1895]
Half title, 10pp cata. Orig. green cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; spine sl. marked & rubbed. Signature of Tillotson on leading f.e.p. A good-plus copy.

¶Laocoon, 1766. First English edition, 1836, translated by William Ross. First edition of this translation. The title essay, one of Lessing's most enduring, is on the nature of poetry as opposed to the visual arts. This volume also contains essays on Voltaire and Shakespeare, Historical Accuracy in Drama, Comedy, Acting, and The Education of the Human Race.
Stock #71503
£20


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