Das Leben Friedrich Nietzsche (The Life of Friedrich Nietzsche) by FORSTER-NIETZSCHE, Elisabeth - 1895

Leipzig: C.G. Naumann, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. FORSTER-NIETZSCHE, Elisabeth. Das Leben Friedrich Nietzsche (The Life of Friedrich Nietzsche). C.G. Naumann, Leipzig, 1895/1897/1904. Volume 1: Photo + TP + [iii] = Quote page + [v]-vi = Inhalt + [vii] – viii = Vorwort + Half title + [3]-80 + [80a]-[80d] = Musical score + 81-93 + Half title + Photo of Nietzsche with tissue guard + [97] – 112 + [112a] - [112d] = Facsimile letter + 113-224 + [224a] - [224d] = Folded musical score insert + [225] – 272 + [272a] = Photo of Nietzsche + 273 – 369. Volume 2 Part 1: 1 leaf with a portrait of Nietzsche on verso + TP + [iii] = Inhalt + [v] – ix = Vorwort + Half title + [1] – 192 - [192a] - [192d] = Facsimile letter + 193-341. Volume 2 Part 2: 1 leaf with portrait of Nietzsche on verso + TP + [i] = Inhalt + [iii] – vi = Vorwort + Half title + [347] – 928 + [928a] = Picture of Nietzsche + 929-933 + [935] – 944 = Namen-Register zu Band II].Written by Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche, the philosopher’s sister, Das Leben Friedrich Nietzsche is a compilation of “facts” that has been manipulated by Elisabeth’s desire to glorify her brother and herself. The work is rife with mistakes that stem both from her lack of understanding when it comes to interpreting Nietzsche’s complex system of thought and also her natural tendency to lie and exaggerate. Here as well as elsewhere, she distorted his life and characterization to suit her own thoughts, despite her brother’s contrary opinions. Elisabeth was a rabid anti-Semite, a pioneer in Nazism, and an avid supporter of Aryanism, even gifting Nietzsche’s walking stick to Adolf Hitler. CONDITION: Very good to near fine in contemporary half-leather with marbled boards. Gilt lettering to spines. Dark green endpapers. Pages bright and clean. Lacking advertisements.

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