SCHILLERS LAY OF THE BELL FIRST EDITION LONDON 1865

1865, 1st edition. London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston. In the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. With 42 Illustrations drawn on wood by Thomas Scott, Engraved by J.D.Cooper, after designs by Moritz Reztsch. Schiller's Lay of the Bell . Translated by the Rt . Hon . Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton , Bart .
The "Song of the Bell" (German: "Das Lied von der Glocke", also translated as "The Lay of the Bell") is a poem that the German poet Friedrich Schiller published in 1798. It is one of the most famous poems of German literature and with 430 lines one of Schiller's longest.

Loose pages, detached binding. Some water damage.

11 1/2" X 9"


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MARRIAGE
BIRTH
MARRIAGE
BIRTH
Illustrated
WAR

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SCHILLER'S
LAY OF THE BELL.
TRANSLATED BY
THE RIGHT HON. SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, BART.
DRAWN ON WOOD BY THOMAS SCOTT, AND ENGRAVED BY J. D. COOPER,
AFTER DESIGNS BY MORITZ RETZSCH.
SAMPSON LOW, SON, AND MARSTON,
1865.
SCHILLER'S
LAY
OF
THE
BELL.
TRANSLATED
BY
THE
RIGHT
HON.
SIR
EDWARD
BULWER
LYTTON,
BART.
With
Illustrations,
DRAWN
ON
WOOD
BY
THOMAS
SCOTT,
AND
ENGRAVED
BY
J.
D.
COOPER,
AFTER
DESIGNS
BY
MORITZ
RETZSCH.
SAMPSON
LOW,
SON,
AND
MARSTON,
14,
LUDGATE
1865.

Image 3:



R. CLAY, SON, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,
BREAD STREET HILL.
R.
CLAY,
SON,
AND
TAYLOR,
PRINTERS,
BREAD
STREET
HILL.

Image 4:



IN issuing Mr. THOMAS SCOTT's Wood-cut renderings of MORITZ
RETZSCH'S Etchings of SCHILLER'S LAY OF THE BELL, the Publishers
desire to tender their thanks to Sir EDWARD BULWER LYTTON,
for his courteous permission to print his Translation, as a fitting
accompaniment of the Illustrations.
LONDON, 14, LUDGATE HILL,
October, 1864.
IN
issuing
Mr.
THOMAS
Wood-cut
renderings
of
MORITZ
Etchings
of
SCHILLER'S
OF
THE
BELL,
the
Publishers
desire
to
tender
their
thanks
to
Sir
EDWARD
BULWER
LYTTON,
for
his
courteous
permission
to
print
his
Translation,
as
a
fitting
accompaniment
of
the
Illustrations.
LONDON,
14,
HILL,
October,
1864.

Image 5:



19.
THE
CALM
OF

Image 6:



26. THE PRIDE OF POSSESSION.
26.
THE
PRIDE
OF
POSSESSION.

Image 7:



34 THE CITY WATCH.
THE
CITY
WATCH.

Image 8:



CIVIC

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Image 10:



Illustrated
chiller's
Illustrated



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