NIETZSCHE - Sammelband of 6 RARE editions 1886, 1892, 1893

Description: NIETZSCHE, Friederich. Die Geburt der Tragödie (The Birth of Tragedy) E. W. Fritzsch,, Leipzig:, 1886. Second (definitive) edition. Schaberg 42. [bound with Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen (Unconventional Observations) I-IV. C. G. Naumann, Leipzig, 1893 second edition and Der Fall Wagner (The Case of Wagner). Naumann, Leipzig, 1892 second edition]. Octavo. Collation: Blank leaf + Unzeitgemasse Betrachtungen, erster band TP + [III] - XV + 2 half titles + [1] - 206 + [207] - [208] = Publisher's ads + Unzeitgemasse Betrachtungen, zweite band TP + 2 half titles + [3] - 205 + [206] - [208] = Publisher's ads + Die Geburt der Tragodie TP + [III]-XVIII + half-title + [III] - IV + 1 - 144 + Der Fall Wagner TP + [i] - [iv] = Vorwort + half-title + [1] - 57 + [58] = Printer’s information + blank leaf Unzeitgemasse Betrachtungen I - IV: 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.Die Geburt der Tragodie: There were originally 576 copies issued in this Second Edition, Second Issue state - This is the DEFINITIVE EDITION with the FIRST APPEARANCE of all of Nietzsche's corrections AND the famous and important new introduction called "An Attempt at Self-Criticism" in which Nietzsche points out that, despite the Kantian and Schopenhauerian overtones, Birth of Tragedy should not be read in such metaphysical terms. Rather than a naive optimism...Rather than a pessimism of weakness and decline...Is there a pessimism of strength? Der Fall Wagner: In mid-1888, Nietzsche returned to the subject of Richard Wagner and produced this polemic against his former friend and mentor whom he attacks in a volley of witty barbs against both the man and his music. By this time, Nietzsche saw Wagner as not just a singular problem but one which was symptomatic of his entire culture - Wagner and modernity were basically decadent. Both of them, he contends, lack integrity, manifesting instead a type of anarchy in which "life no longer dwells in the whole". A Nietzschean tour-de-force.CONDITION: Very good in original half cloth with marbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt: “NIETZSCHE / Ansgewahlte Werke”; Light scuffing to boards. Previous owner’s name in ink to front free endpaper with elegantly scripted “Inhalt” [contents] written below. Small closed tear to first title page of Unzeitgemasse Betrachtungen and light penciling to Geburt der Tragodie. A wonderful copy of a selection of Nietzsche’s writings all with the original 19th c. charm.

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