Auction 157

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Wertvolle Bücher, Graphik, Historische Photographie

Friday, 24 October 2025 at 11:00 am Lose 1- 1105
Saturday, 25 October 2025 at 11:00 am Lose 1106-2003

Lot 112 Matthias Höfer. Der blaue Montag, oder …

Der blaue Montag, oder Anleitung zu einem vernünftigen und vergnügten häuslichen Leben. Scherze und Erzählungen. Mit einem gezeichneten Frontispiz. Linz, 1808. 48 Bll. Kl.-8°. Pp. d. Zt. (berieben und bestoßen, fleckig, Gelenk und Rücken angebrochen).

Autographen – Unikat. - Das einzig für uns greifbare Exemplar von "Der Blaue Montag" weltweit. - Handschriftliche Abschrift des Werks der erzählenden Dochtung von dem bedeutenden Linguisten Matthias Höfer (1754-1826), der in Verbindung mit en Gebrüdern Grimm stand. Der oberösterreichische Benediktiner und Pfarrer publizierte im Jahr 1815 sein Hauptwerk, welches ihn zu einem gefeierten Sprachwissenschaftler der österreichischen Sprache machte. Sein "Ethymologisches Wörterbuch der in Oberdeutschland, vorzüglich aber in Oesterreich üblichen Mundart" war eines der ersten Werk zu den bayerischen und österreichischen Dialekten. - Frontispiz mit der Unterschrift "Lasset beydes bis zur Erndte wachsen." - Fingerfleckig, stockfleckig. Insgesamt in gutem Zustand.

Autographs – With a drawn frontispiece. Contemp cardboard (rubbed and bumped, stained, joint and spine broken). - Unique. - The only copy of "Blue Monday" available to us worldwide. - Handwritten copy of the work by the important linguist Matthias Höfer (1754-1826), who was associated with the Brothers Grimm. The Upper Austrian Benedictine and pastor published his major work in 1815, which made him a celebrated linguist of the Austrian language. His "Ethymologisches Wörterbuch der in Oberdeutschland, vorzüglich aber in Oesterreich üblichen Mundart" was one of the first works on Bavarian and Austrian dialects. - Frontispiece with the caption "Lasset beydes bis zur Erndte wachsen." - Finger stains, foxing. Overall in good condition.

Startprice: 400 €
Estimate: 600 €

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