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Bettina. A Portrait.
Helps, Arthur and Elizabeth Jane Howard.
London: 1957, Chatto and Windus.
First Edition. 223 pp. HC. 8vo.
Illustrations: Illustrations.
[Biography - Literature - German]
[Brentano, Bettina.]
[German Classic and Romantic]
Bettina, liberated, intelligent, sometimes eccentric, and in the centre of cultural circles of the Germany of Classic and Romantic, is also known for her friendship and correspondence with Goethe and Beethoven. Sister of Clemens Brentano who collaborated and wife of Achim von Arnim, the two authors the famous collection of German folk songs "Des Knaben Wunderhorn". With List of Plates, List of Principal Dates, Introduction, Genealogical Tables, Bibliography, Index. Red original cloth over board, pink ornamental dw with portrait.
v.g., clean copy, dw worn with small tears and sunned spine.

ID: 20491

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