{"product_id":"one-of-one-hundred-of-the-west-ostlicher-divan-in-a-ravishing-signed-carl-sonntag-master-binding","title":"One of one hundred of the West-östlicher Divan, in a ravishing signed Carl Sonntag master binding","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWest-östlicher Divan.\u003c\/strong\u003e Munich, Hans von Weber, 1910.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChancery folio (275 × 187 mm). Brown-red original morocco master binding with rich spine gilding, signed Carl Sonntag Jr., Leipzig (paper and binding in excellent preservation).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGoethe's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWest-östlicher Divan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the most concrete poetic embodiment of his idea of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeltliteratur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e To Eckermann in 1827 he declared that the epoch of world literature was at hand \u003cspan data-placeholder-token=\"true\" class=\"text-token-text-primary cursor-text rounded-sm\"\u003e[Eckermann, 31 January 1827]\u003c\/span\u003e; in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDivan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e itself he wrote that Orient and Occident were no longer to be separated. The book grew from his encounter with Hafiz through Hammer-Purgstall and turned German poetry outward toward Persian and Islamic lyric. This Hans von Weber edition gives that idea a refined bibliophile form, from the Munich luxury-publishing culture that made canonical texts into ceremonial objects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePROVENANCE\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Heribert Tenschert Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eREFERENCES\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHans von Weber, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"682\" data-end=\"706\"\u003eDrucke für die Hundert\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; Julius Rodenberg, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"744\"\u003eDeutsche Pressen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Zürich, 1925), which records Carl Sonntag Jr. among the binders of the finest German press books; Eckermann, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"855\" data-end=\"877\"\u003eGespräche mit Goethe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 31 January 1827; Goethe, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"926\"\u003eWest-östlicher Divan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"928\" data-end=\"943\"\u003eMoganni Nameh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"945\" data-end=\"959\"\u003eGingo Biloba\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e); Hendrik Birus (ed.), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"983\" data-end=\"1005\"\u003eWest-östlicher Divan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Deutscher Klassiker Verlag, 1994).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atelier Zweig Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012994875580,"sku":null,"price":9000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/1285\/3436\/files\/West-Oestlicher-Divan_Maroquin-1.jpg?v=1782799029","url":"https:\/\/atelierzweig.com\/products\/one-of-one-hundred-of-the-west-ostlicher-divan-in-a-ravishing-signed-carl-sonntag-master-binding","provider":"Atelier Zweig Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}