Verlagskorrespondenz: Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Betsy Meyer - Hermann Haessel mit zugehörigen Briefwechseln und Verlagsdokumenten. Briefe 1855 bis April 1874. Reihe: C. F. Meyers Briefwechsel. Historisch-kritische Ausgabe; Bd. 4.1.

Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand / Meyer, Betsy / Haessel, Hermann. / Fenten, Sandra / Goetz, Thomas / Lukas, Wolfgang / Recker-Hamm, Ute / Zeller, Hans / Zihlmann, Patricia (Hrsg.).

Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen, 2014

ISBN: 9783835314917

25.5 x 18 cm, hardcover with dust jacket. 576 pages, with 59 illustrations. 'Lesezeichen' loose inserted. Text in German. Scholarly critical edition documenting the correspondence between Swiss writer Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, his sister Betsy Meyer, and their Leipzig publisher Hermann Haessel. Covers Meyer's literary beginnings in the 1850s, his early translation projects, and his breakthrough successes in the 1870s, including the publication of Jürg Jenatsch and Der Schuß von der Kanzel. The letters reflect a complex author-publisher relationship, mediated at times by Betsy Meyer, offering rich insights into 19th-century literary life. Original retail price 78 euro. Condition as new, see picture.