Schiller, Dom Karlos, Leipzig, 1787, inscribed by Schiller's sister Louise

SCHILLER, FRIEDRICH

Dom Karlos, Infant von Spanien. Leipzig: Georg Joachim Göschen, 1787

2 parts in one volume, 8vo (151 x 90mm.), lithographed frontispiece portrait, contemporary boards, lacking final errata leaf, rebacked

FIRST BOOK EDITION of Schiller's classic tragedy Don Carlos. Sections were published in the Rheinische Thalia from 1785 to 1787.

LITERATURE:

Goedeke V, 180/8

PROVENANCE:

FROM THE LIBRARY OF SCHILLER'S SISTER, Louise Dorothea Katharina Franckh (née Schillerin, 1766-1836), inscriptions on flyleaf "Louise Franckh" and "Louise Schillerin" (crossed through) at foot of title-page; her husband Johann Gottlieb Franckh (1760-1834), inscription on title-page dated 1823; G. Franckh, inscription on recto of plate