Heine's Werke [HEINRICH HEINE'S WORKS] Illustrated by Wiener Künstlern by Heine, Heinrich - no date (ca. 1884-88)

Wein, Leipzig, Prague: Bensinger, no date (ca. 1884-88). Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. Wiener Künstlern. An attractive set of Heinrich Heine's Works in the RARE dust jackets, with all six volumes present, each in its original dust jacket, with each volume being beautifully illustrated within. The volumes are in Near Fine to Fine condition with the spines and front boards richly gilded (some gentle curving to the boards, slight wear, some oxidation to the gilt, tiny spot of wear to the medallion on Volume five's front board). The dust jackets for the first five Volumes are in Very Good or better condition (showing some minor chipping and some tears) and with jacket for Volume six showing similar wear as well as some tearing to the spine panel (see images). German Poet, Writer, and Literary Critic Heinrich Heine is best known for his lyrical poetry set to music by such composers as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Heine's radical political views led to many of his works being banned in Germany and he spent the last 25 years of his life Paris. Heine was a distant relative of Karl Mark who admired Heine's work We have posted as many images as ABE and Biblio allow and additional many additional images of the volumes can be found at our allingtonbooks site. Copies of this set in such nice as is this one are difficult to fine and copies in this condition still wearing their original dust jackets are SCARCE to RARE. [PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy set and buyer's shipping cost will exceed that specified on this site.]