Deutsches Lesebuch
By: von Wilhelm Wackernagel ...
Contributors: Wackernagel, Wilhelm, 1806-1869.
Edition: 2. Ausg.
Publisher: Druck und Verlag der Schweighauserischen Buchhandlung
Published: 1836
Place of publication: Basel
Language: ger
Subjects: German literature.; German literature -- History and criticism.; German literature -- Old High German, 750-1050 -- Concordances.; German literature -- Middle High German, 1050-1500 -- Concordances.; German language -- Old High German, 750-1050 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; German language -- Middle High German, 1050-1500 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Genres: Concordances.; Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Other titles: Altdeutsches Lesebuch.; Proben der deutschen Poesie seit dem Jahre MD.; Proben der deutschen Prosa seit dem Jahre MD.; Proben der deutschen Prosa seit dem Jahre MDCCXL.; Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur.
Notes: Each of the 4 parts of the "Lesebuch" has also special t.p.  Special t.p. of pt. 1, [v. 1-2], have title: Altdeutsches Lesebuch, zweyte vermehrte und verbesserte Ausgabe, mit einem Wörterbuche; special t.p. of pt. 2 has title: Proben der deutschen Poesie seit dem Jahre MD.; special t.p. of pt. 3, v. 1-2, have title: Proben der deutschen Prosa seit dem Jahre MD.; 2nd special t.p. of pt. 3, v. 2, has title: Proben der deutschen Prosa seit dem Jahre MDCCXL.; special t.p. of pt. 4 has title: Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur.

Only pt. 1 is 2nd edition.

Part 1, [v. 2] (glossary), t.p. dated 1839; "Vorrede" dated 1842.

Part 4, installment 3, published 1855.--printed paper wrapper of another copy in Ranke's library.

Incomplete: pt. 4 breaks off with the beginning of the 17th century.  Only installments 1-3 were issued; no more published of pt. 4, 1st edition.

Part 1, [v. 2], ("Wörterbuch") was also published as pt. 4 (1840), and published with title: Glossar zum Altdeutschen Lesebuch (1840).  Beginning with the 4th edition of pt. 1 of Deutsches Lesebuch (1859) it was also issued independently with title: Altdeutsches Handwörterbuch.  In the 5th edition of Deutsches Lesebuch (1873-78) it was issued as pt. 5.--NUC pre-1956.

Parts 1-3 mostly printed and numbered in double columns.

Title pages of pts. 1-3, and dedication leaves of pt. 1 [v. 2]-pt. 3 v. 1, printed in red and black.

Includes text and quotations in Greek, Old High German, Middle High German, Latin and Italian, and some translations from Greek and Latin.

In pt. 1, table of contents is in the form of an index; in pts. 2-3, tables of contents are in the form of author indexes.

The glossary includes column and line references, indexing most instances of the words in pt. 1, and some instances of the words in pt. 2 and pt. 3 v. 1.

Includes errata lists in pts. 1-3.

Part 4 includes bibliographical footnotes.
Table of contents: value: 1. Th., [1.-2. Bd.] Poesie und Prosa vom IV. bis zum XV. Jahrhundert.  1839-[1842]; value: 2. Th. Proben der deutschen Poesie seit dem Jahre MD.  1836; value: 3. Th., 1 Bd. Proben der deutschen Prosa von MD. bis MDCCXL.  1841.; value: 3. Th., 2. Bd. Proben der deutschen Prosa von MDCCXL. bis MDCCCXLII.  1843; value: 4. Th. Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur.  1848-[1855].