![]() ![]() Contemporary black half morocco, spine gilt, red edges (front hinge cracked and slightly weak, extremities lightly rubbed). Portrait frontispiece (without half-titles). Oxford Companion to German Literature (1976), 638-639 PMM 370.įour parts bound in one volume, octavo (215 x 137mm), complete with 21pp. This latter part is so rare that perhaps only half of the edition survive, and the present lot represents the earliest practically obtainable edition. The fourth part was written at Menton during the winter of 1884-1885, and was privately published in 1885 in an edition of only 45 copies for private circulation to Nietzsche’s closest friends. He wrote the first three parts of Zarathustra over about a year from 1883 to 1884 at Rapallo near Genoa, at Sils-Maria in the Swiss Alps, at Rome, and at Nice. ![]() One of the most influential books of the late 19th century, Nietzsche's philosophical prose poem Thus Spake Zarathustra contains the highly controversial idea of the Übermensch (superman), through which Nietzsche's searing criticism of the culture of his times is expressed. Very rare first edition of ‘the most widely known of works’ (PMM). Parts 1-3, Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1883-1884 part 4, Leipzig: C.G. NIETZSCHE, Friedrich Wilhelm (1844-1900). ![]()
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