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61<br />
HENRIK IBSEN<br />
Hedda Gabler. Skuespil i fire Akter.<br />
København: Gyldendal, 1890. 8vo. Publisher’s decorated<br />
cloth, red. Red silk reading ribbon. In dust jacket.<br />
Jacket condition: Very, very light nicks to fold corners.<br />
Spine slightly darkened. Else fine.<br />
Book condition: Name, Aagot Juel, to first blank leaf and<br />
title page.<br />
An exceptionally fine copy.<br />
PROVENANCE: Aagot Juel [1859-?], the wife of Jens Harald<br />
Andreas Alfstad [1851-1936], editor of Drammens Tidende<br />
1882-1890. Alfstad was close friend with many artists of<br />
the day and built a considerable collection.<br />
Extremely rare in the jacket and highly sought for in the<br />
colour red.<br />
Printing and the Mind of Man [PMM] no. 375.<br />
The play generated great interest on publication in<br />
December 1890, but Norwegian reviewers were unsure<br />
and confused about the enigmatic figure of Hedda. Hedda<br />
Tesman is the daughter of General Gabler, who is now<br />
dead and has left her no fortune. She marries Jørgen<br />
Tesman, but soon feels dislike for her husband. ”Oh the<br />
ridiculous and the low, it lays like a curse on everything<br />
I touch.” (Hedda Tesman, fourth act.)<br />
75 000,- | £5 650 | $7 100<br />
30 Bibliophilia | <strong>Jul</strong> | <strong>Christmas</strong> | <strong>2023</strong>
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