(FOLK SONGS- ROUMANIAN) [Hugo von Meltzel or Meltzl] Volk-Songs Translated From the Acta Comparationis Litterarum Universarum [and] Selections From the Poems of Alexander Petofi. Philadelphia: [Privately Printed], 1885. 12mo, [38] + [32] pages. Two volumes in one. First Edition. Attractively bound in half morocco, marbled boards, top-edge gilt by Philadelphia bookbinders, Oldach & Co. Near fine condition, light rubbing to joints. This copy with a presentation in pencil: "From Uncle Herman Oldach."Translated by Henry Phillips, Jr. Meltzl's work is the first English translation of Romanian folk poetry. Meltzl was a pioneer in the field of comparative literature, and the primary editor of the first journal of comparative literature and world literature, the "Acta Comparationis Litterarum Universarum" published from 1877-88. [Damrosch, op. cit.] At its zenith, this journal had a rarefied circulation of one hundred copies. The Gypsy folksongs within this present work were abstracted from this journal. Phillips's translation offered for curious American and English speaking audiences Magyar folk songs, Transylvanian Roumanian folk songs, Transylvanian Ziegeuner folk songs, and a few Gypsy folk songs. The second work in this volume, "Selections From the Poems of Alexander Petofi", offers lyrical and political poetry by Sándor Petöfi (1823-1849) renowned Hungarian poet and master of Hungarian's native Magyar language. Petöfi died in battle leading the Hungarian War of Independence 1848-1849. [Damrosch, "Rebirth of a Discipline: The Global Origins of Comparative Studies," in Comparative Critical Studies 3.1-2 (2006) pp. 99-112. "Sándor Petöfi" in "Encyclopedia of World Biography Supplement," Vol. 23. Gale, 2003.] Price: USD 350.00 other currencies   order no. 141254    inquire

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