FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
HOMER UND DIE KLASSISCHE
PHILOLOGIE
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Draft Nietzsche, Friedrich,Homer und die klassische Philologie. Ein Vortrag, 24 pp., the beginning and ending blanks mentioned by
Schaberg being endpapers. 8to. in 2 threadsewn quires of 8 and 4 leaves. Moiré paper wrappers [see illustration]. Book cut to
214*148 mm after binding. The first 4 pages are: title, blank, blank, blank. Variant copies have a 12-line poem, the first line
being “In Basel steh ich unverzagt” on p.[4].
Other copies are known with a printed dedication to
EN on p. [3] and the 12 line poem on
p. [4].
The original print run must have included some
copies with a blank p. [4] and other copies with the poem. Thus the first
quire of both variants contains 8 leaves [pp. [1]-16] as is usual in an
octavo. Copies have been distributed by the author himself
at Christmas 1869. The poem was
considered controversial in the time, and potentially damaging to Nietzsche's
newly won professorial status. Therefore the number of friends to whom such a
copy could be distributed was limited.
Werke und
Briefe/ 5. Band [Herausgeber Karl Schlechta], Beck, 1940, p. 476. As Schlechta
suggests, Nietzsche possibly solved a shortage of copies without poem excising
p [3-4] from variant copies with the poem. This is physically only possible
on folded, bound and cut copies of the original print run. Schaberg 17 mentions variants with poem only. The extensive documentation in Nietzsche letters
allows a further analysis of the distribution of
15 copies around 1869 year end, directly following the printing. 6 such
copies are extant presentday. 3 other copies extant must have been distributed
later. 5 copies at HAAB possibly
always stayed with the Nietzsche family and later the Nietzsche Archiv. The poem is not included in the text of the Naumann
GA editions, however Colli and Montinari do include it in their most recently
researched KGW edition [
Turquoise
upper wrapper. Also occurs in antique white, light green and light violet. |
