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5 German antique illustr. books - Arthur Graf von Gobineau, Joseph von Eichendorff, Gottfried Keller (2), Otto Erich Hartleben, 1920, 1923, 1904 - 5 German antique illustr. books - Arthur Graf von Gobineau, Joseph von Eichendorff, Gottfried Keller (2), Otto Erich Hartleben, 1920, 1923, 1904 Arthur Graf von Gobineau “Das rote Tuch”, Muenchen. Hyperion. 1920 Joseph von Eichendorff, “Das Marmorbild”. 1920 Gottfried Keller “Das Tanzlegendchen und andere Legenden”. 1920 Gottfried Keller “Hadlaub”, illustr., 1st miniature ed., 1923 Angelus Silesius Von Otto Erich Hartleben, Zweite Auflage ( not illustrated), 1904 Total weight: 575 gr. 1. Arthur Graf von Gobineau “Das rote Tuch”, Muenchen. Hyperion. 1920., 68 pp. farb. ill. und gepr. Originalleinenband mit Deckel- und Rückentitel. l. 8°. 66 S. Mit kolorierten Zeichnungen von Hans Scheller., orig. slipcase Hard illust. cloth cover, size: 15.5 x 12 cm. Condition: stains to spine and near spine; slipcase worn and rubbed, internally good condition Arthur de Gobineau, Count de Gobineau (Joseph Arthur de Gobineau; 14 July 1816 – 13 October 1882) was a French writer and diplomat who is best known for helping introduce scientific race theory and ”racial demography”, and for developing the theory of the Aryan master race and Nordicism. He was an elitist who, in the immediate aftermath of the Revolutions of 1848, wrote An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races. In it he argued that aristocrats were superior to commoners and that aristocrats possessed more Aryan genetic traits because of less interbreeding with inferior races. Hans Walter Scheller. (19.3.1896 Bern, † 13.6.1964 Zuerich). 2. Joseph von Eichendorff, “Das Marmorbild”. München: Hyperionverlag (1920). 97 S. mit handkol. Zeichnungen von Flora Palyi, orig. slipcase Hard illust. cloth cover, size: 15.5 x 12 cm. Condition: stains to spine and near spine; slipcase worn and rubbed, internally good condition Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff (10 March 1788 – 26 November 1857) was a German poet, novelist, playwright, literary critic, translator, and anthologist. Eichendorff was one of the major writers and critics of Romanticism. Ever since their publication and up to the present day, some of his works have been very popular in German-speaking Europe Flora Klee-Palyi, who also used the pseudonym Marie Philippe, was born in 1893. She studied art, specializing in graphic design, in Lausanne, Geneva, Munich, Rome, Florence, and Paris. She subsequently worked in Paris for some time and edited several anthologies of French poetry, including works by Gérard de Nerval, Guillaume Apollinaire, Charles Baudelaire, René Char, and Paul Verlaine. She also translated works by Emil Barth and Ernst Meister into French and published bilingual editions of poetry. 3. Gottfried Keller “Das Tanzlegendchen und andere Legenden”. J. Singer, 1920., 63 pp., (Mit 8 farbigen Originallithographien, 3 Vignetten u. 1 Deckelbild von Kurt Gundermann). Die 2 weiteren Legenden: Dorotheas Blumenkoerbchen; Die Jungfrau und die Nonne. Hard cover, size: 16 x 12cm. Condition: some wear, stains and discoloring to cover; internally good condition Gottfried Keller (19 July 1819 – 15 July 1890) was a Swiss poet and writer of German literature. Best known for his novel Green Henry (German: Der grüne Heinrich) and his cycle of novellas called Seldwyla Folks (Die Leute von Seldwyla), he became one of the most popular narrators of literary realism in the late 19th century. Kurt Gundermann German book designer, illustrator, lithographer 4. Gottfried Keller “Hadlaub”, illustr., 1st miniature ed., 1923 Erich Matthes, Leipzig, 183 pp., hard cover with mounted litho title label on cover, 12.5 x 9.5 cm. Condition: some wear couple of worm holes and staining to cover; light brown paper, good condition 5. Angelus Silesius Von Otto Erich Hartleben, Zweite Auflage ( not illustrated) Berlin, Georg Bondi, 1904. 14 x 11,3 cm (Duodez), Original-Leinen in hellem Beige; Deckel- und Rückentitel in Gold; feine Zierleiste in Gold auf dem Deckel; Kopfgeoldschnitt, 80 pp Otto Erich Hartleben (3 June 1864 – in Clausthal; 11 February 1905 in Salò) was a German poet and dramatist from Clausthal, known for his translation of Pierrot Lunaire. Angelus Silesius, OFM (c. 1624 – 9 July 1677), born Johann Scheffler, was a German Catholic priest, physician, mystic and religious poet. Born and raised a Lutheran, he began to read the works of medieval mystics while studying in the Netherlands and became acquainted with the works of the German mystic Jacob Böhme through Böhme's friend Abraham von Franckenberg.[1] Silesius's display of his mystic beliefs caused tension with Lutheran authorities and led to his eventual conversion to Catholicism in 1653, wherein he adopted the name Angelus (Latin for ”angel” or ”heavenly messenger”) and the epithet Silesius (”Silesian”).[2] He entered the Franciscans and was ordained a priest in 1661. Ten years later, in 1671,