Mephistopheles. (Political satirical weekly with... Lot 876

Mephistopheles. (Political satirical weekly with illustrations). With numerous wood engraved illustrations and lithographed plates. Hamburg, C. Müller a. Wandsbek, Hoffmann & Campe, 1847-1852. 4°. R brocade, private hlwd. and hldr. d. Zt. with mounted orig. title label and label with inventory. Satire Mephistopheles. (Political satirical weekly with illustrations). With numerous wood engraved illustrations and lithographed plates. Hamburg, C. Müller a. Wandsbek, Hoffmann & Campe, 1847-1852. 4°. R broadsheet, private hlwd. and hldr. d. Zt. with mounted orig. title label and label with inventory. Very rare Hamburg Sunday paper. - Contains 1847: No. 2 (Jan. 24) - No 18 (May 16). RBrosch. - 1848: No. 1 (Apr. 2) - 39 (Dec. 24) HLdr. (back cover loose). - Title with stamp of the Arbeiter-Verein in St. Georg and the Bildungsverein für Arbeiter in Hamburg. - 1850: No. 92 (Jan. 1) - 144 (Dec. 29). HLwd. - 1851/1852. nos. 145 (Jan. 5, 1851), 147-149, 151-154, 156-172, 174-180, 182-195, 197-203, 205b-207, 209, 212, 216 (May 16, 1852). HLwd. - Inside cover and endpapers with mont. Newspaper articles i.a. from 1957 by publisher and publicist Carl Thinius about the editor of the Zs. Wilhelm Marr (1819-1904): "On January 3, 1847, a Sunday paper aptly named 'Mephistopheles' began to appear in Hamburg. It was a proclamation of democracy. In its columns, it railed against everything that existed, the satire usually had a strongly personal touch, but it was the paper's intention to weed out the darkies ... Unfortunately, 'Mephistopheles' only had a short life. A total of 222 issues appeared in a publication time of two periods. Due to censorship harassment, only 18 issues were published in the first year. The last issues consisted almost entirely of censorship gaps. After the provisional final issue on May 18, 1847, number 19 appeared on April 2, 1848, after a short break of one year, under the sole editorship of the 'wild' publicist Wilhelm Marr", who closed his editorial office in Wandsbek in 1852 with number 222. "The 'Mephistopheles' is not only a key witness to the beginnings of the democratic press in Hamburg, but also a treasure trove of pre-March journalism ..." - The three bound volumes each with stamp "Privat Hamburgensien-Sammlug Carl Thinius". - 2 vols. with mont. Library leaflet on the back cover. Paper browned, in the last volume a few pages loose and the captions partially trimmed, some browning, foxing and fingerstaining (1848 heavier, this volume also with marginal tears in places), occasional dampstaining, otherwise generally well preserved. - Not collated in detail. Very rare illustrated Hamburg Political satirical Sunday paper. With numerous wood engraved illustrations and lithographed plates. Contemp. paperback, half cloth and half leather with mounted orig. title label and label with stock number. This work is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 23.95% surcharge and the final invoice amount is subject to 7% (books) or 19% VAT in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union.