TALANDER ( A. BOHSE).
Getreuer Wegweiser zur Teutschen Rede-Kunst und Briefverfassung.
Leipzig, Weidmann, 1692.
8vo. In contemporary full vellum with title in contemporary hand to spine. Extremities with light wear and soiling. Inner hinge partly split and frontispiece detached. Internally with a few occasional dampstains and brownspots. (14), 1495, (31) pp. + frontispieces.
The rare first edition of Bohse’s (written under the pseudonym of Talander) guide to German rhetoric and letter-writing providing principles of composition, clarity and stylistic elements. August Bohse (1661 - 1742) was a professor of rhetoric and arguable the most important representative of the first generation of German 'gallant authors'. He was a very productive author and wrote several novel. He often wrote, as here, under the pseudonym of Talander). We have not been able to trace a single copy at auction of this present first edition. A second edition was published in 1693 of which there is one auction-record.
Bohse was a productive author who was also known for his novels and plays, making notable contributions to German literature beyond his more instructional works.
Order-nr.: 61316
DKK 6.500,00