Henrik Ibsen

Lot 171: IBSEN, HENRIK

Name: IBSEN, HENRIK
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 1547608e8d

Est: $5,000 USD - $7,000 USD

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USDecember 11, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Hedda Gabler: Skuespil i fire akter. Copenhagen: Græbes Bogtrykkeri, for Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag (F. Hegel & Søn), 1890

In 8s (6 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.; 173 x 114 mm). Publisher's sand cloth, front cover elaborately blocked in gilt and black, floral patterend endpapers, gilt edges. Brown morocco folding-case.

Artist or Maker

Henrik Ibsen

Literature

PMM 375

Notes

First published edition, preceded only by twelve copies printed in London in Norwegian and seen through the press by Edmund Gosse, who was acting "under a well-intentioned illusion that this was necessary for copyright protection. A brilliant copy.

Auction Details

Fine Books and Manuscripts

Sotheby's

December 11, 2009, 10:00 AM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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