‎TALANDER ( A. BOHSE).‎
‎Getreuer Wegweiser zur Teutschen Rede-Kunst und Briefverfassung.‎

‎Leipzig, Weidmann, 1692. 8vo. In contemporary full vellum with title in contemporary hand to spine. Extremities with light wear and soiling. Inner hinge partly split and frontispiece detached. Internally with a few occasional dampstains and brownspots. (14), 1495, (31) pp. + frontispieces. ‎

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‎The rare first edition of Bohse’s (written under the pseudonym of Talander) guide to German rhetoric and letter-writing providing principles of composition, clarity and stylistic elements. Bohse was a productive author who was also known for his novels and plays, making notable contributions to German literature beyond his more instructional works. August Bohse (1661 - 1742) was a professor of rhetoric and arguable the most important representative of the first generation of German 'gallant authors'. He was a very productive author and wrote several novel. He often wrote, as here, under the pseudonym of Talander). We have not been able to trace a single copy at auction of this present first edition. A second edition was published in 1693 of which there is one auction-record. ‎