Földvári Books

First Hungarian Edition of Lessing's Minna von Barnhelm

[Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim] Leszszing

A katona-szerentse. Vig játék öt áktusban. Irta Leszszing, fordította R. P. [Minna von Barnhelm oder das Soldatenglück.]

Pesten [Pest]: Füskúti Landerer Mihály’ betűire, 1792. First Hungarian edition. Woodcut device on title page and tail piece at end. In somewhat later green cloth, with red title vignette on spine. (8), 120 p. Old double ownership stamp on title page and note in ink. Notes in ink on front endpaper. A light water stain to upper corner, that effects the rear of the book. Overall in fine condition.

First Hungarian edition of Lessing’s 1767 comedy “Minna von Barnhelm oder das Soldatenglück” (Minna von Barnhelm or the Soldiers' Happiness).It was premiered in the same year in Hungary as the first Lessing play on stage in the country.

Price: €1,200.00