Antique Book MUSARION 1808

Hey everyone! Got this interesting book that I assume is German. The only numbers on it are 1808.... its 20 inches in length. You can see the ink has been stamped into the pages. I would like to know more about this book.... any other examples like this? and maybe approximate value. Also stay tuned because i have another really unique book with lots of cool artwork . Thank you in advance for all answers!

 

It is prominently marked Vienna. Looks like German Romantic poetry.

 

Here's an English-language review of your book which will help you understand its contents.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1830352.Musarion

Debora

 

And here's volumes of the book that are available on abebooks.com, an international used book site. You'll have to search for a duplicate of your copy or a similar copy. (And do keep in mind these are asking prices, not selling prices.) In used books, condition matters so do know yours has foxing throughout.

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?cm_sp=sort-_-SRP-_-Results&sortby=1&tn=musarion

Debora

 

You have to be signed up with them to see reviews.

 

We do know from the GoodReads site that this is not a first edition.

 

Think you for alerting me re GoodReads; I was unaware. There is a German Wikipedia page that can be run through Google Translate.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musarion

Debora

 

"In it, Wieland criticizes enthusiasm and dogmatism and instead pleads - in the spirit of enlightenment - for a measured, cosmopolitan way of thinking and living."

Just imagine. He'd be appalled by the current state of affairs.

 

only a masochist would read that stuff today. all these Germans of the South were hidden Pietists that never liberated themselves from the Churches and mostly followed an ideological snake-trail.
this edition here is interesting insofar as it comes from Vienna and was most probably a private print by Degen, which was lateron rebound.
Franzl the Kaiser of Austria who didn't kow himself if he was the first or the second would not have been amused if that book was officially available.