Der Fall Wagner by NIETZSCHE, Friedrich - 1888

Leipzig: C.G. Naumann, 1888. First edition. Wraps. Very Good +. NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Der Fall Wagner, C.G. Naumann, Leipzig, 1888. Front TP + 3 leaves + [1]- 57 + [58]; rear wrap with publisher’s advertisements, Octavo. First Edition in Original Wraps. Schaberg 54.Nietzsche had 1,000 copies of this work privately printed but 500 of them were falsely marked "Second Edition" so there were originally only 500 copies in this state. In mid-1888, Nietzsche returned to the subject of Wagner and produced this polemic against his former friend and mentor whom he attacks in a volley of witty barbs against both the man and his music. By this time, Nietzsche saw Wagner as not just a singular problem but one which was symptomatic of his entire culture - both Wagner and modernity were basically decadent. Both of them, he contends, lack integrity, manifesting instead a type of anarchy in which "life no longer dwells in the whole". CONDITION: Very good+ a trimmed copy in the original printed wraps.. Spine restored. Housed in an elegant green cloth clamshell book box with title on front of box. Clean pages throughout. A very good copy of a rare work.

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