1901 2v German "Soll Und Haben" Decorative Cover VG Antique

Gustav Freytag (1816–95) was a German novelist and playwright. He taught at the University of Breslau and edited the Grenzboten (1848–70). He wrote realistic novels celebrating the merits of the middle classes. Perhaps his best-known work is Soll und Haben (1855-1856), translated Debit and Credit. This novel celebrates the solid bourgeois qualities of the German merchants and brings out the close relationships between people's characters and the work they do. He championed the thriving middle classes as a parliamentary force, notably in the novel Soll und Haben. It is a fond, vivid, and humorous depiction of commercial daily life, and won Freytag a large readership. Freytag made his mark not just as a Realist writer, but as a formative force in bourgeois culture.

These volumes are a Famous German Novel. The books are written entirely in German, with Beautiful Decorative Covers, some wear~~still very attractive. Gilt Title to covers still visible. Some wear to spines. Illustrations and gilt title to spine still visible. Spine cover on Volume 1 is separating, easily glued. Marbled page ends on all edges, decorative endpapers, pages all clean and unmarked. Pages are remarkably clean and bright! Name written on title page of both volumes, small red stamp whichs says "Alexandrie" on title page (see scan of title pages). Covers attached on both volumes. Binding tight on both volumes.
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A Very Nice Antique Set!
Very Collectible!

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