Beiträge zur Kritik des Lohengrin [INSCRIBED]

Elster, Ernst. Beiträge zur Kritik des Lohengrin [INSCRIBED]. Halle: Max Niemeyer, 1884. First edition. Inscribed to Prof. Dr. Hildebrand on front cover by the author. Octavo. iii, 114pp. Original gray printed wraps. Special print from the Contributions to the History of the German Language and Literature, Vol. X (Sonderabdruck aus den Beiträgen zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache und Literatur). Habilitation treatise on the critique of the Middle High German text Lohengrin by the German writer and specialist in German studies Ernst Elster. Text in German. Wraps with medium chips along edges and spine; one tear and sunned. Two in closed tear at middle of foredge of back cover. Stamp “The Hildebrand Library” on title page. Pages unopened at top and uncut at foredge and bottom. Block lightly age toned. Wraps in overall fair, interior in good+ condition. fair to g+. Softcover. (41483) $45