Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen (Unconventional Observations I-IV)

Leipzig: C. G. Naumann, 1893. Second Edition. Wraps. Very good. The Second Edition of Nietzsche’s Four “Untimely Meditations”

NIETZSCHE, Friedrich, Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen (Unconventional Observations I-IV. C. G. Naumann, Leipzig, 1893, Volume 1: Original front wrap + TP + [III]-XV + 2 half titles + [1]-206 + [207]-[208]= Publisher's ads; Volume 2: Original front wrap + TP + 2 half titles + [3]-205 + [206]-[208] = Publisher's ads, Octavo. Second Edition (Krummel, II-V b, p. 114)


This is the second volume of the soon to be aborted "Collected Works" edited by Nietzsche's closest friend, Peter Gast (whose introduction appears here as a Foreword). The second attempt to put out a complete edition was more successful - mostly because it was driven to completion by Nietzsche's harridan sister, Elisabeth.

CONDITION: Two volumes bound with original front wraps and expertly matching (but recent) spines and rear covers. There are some scattered pencil underlinings and marginalia. Otherwise, this is a really well-preserved and excellent copy of all four of Nietzsche's "Unconventional Observations" (which are more usually, but a bit inaccurately, translated as the "Untimely Meditations").


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