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A SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPY OF LYKKENS BLOMST ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. Nye Eventyr. BOUND WITH: Lykkens Blomst. Eventyr-Comedie.... Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel, 1845-1848; 1845. image 1
A SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPY OF LYKKENS BLOMST ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. Nye Eventyr. BOUND WITH: Lykkens Blomst. Eventyr-Comedie.... Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel, 1845-1848; 1845. image 2
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A SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPY OF LYKKENS BLOMST
ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875.
Nye Eventyr. BOUND WITH: Lykkens Blomst. Eventyr-Comedie.... Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel, 1845-1848; 1845.

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A SUPERB ASSOCIATION COPY OF LYKKENS BLOMST

ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. Nye Eventyr. BOUND WITH: Lykkens Blomst. Eventyr-Comedie.... Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel, 1845-1848; 1845.
Together, 2 works, Nye Eventyr the first and second series comprising 5 pamphlets, all bound in one volume. 8vo (170 x 110 mm). Nye Eventyr: half-title, general title-page for the first series, section title-pages for parts 1-3 & 5, dedication leaves for parts 1-3 (without general title for the first part of the first series). Bound together in contemporary calf-backed cloth gilt, floral patterned endpapers, some overall wear and internal spotting.
Provenance: Axel Fredstrup (presentation inscription from the author on the half-title of the first part); Herman Heilbuth (1861-1945, Danish collector, his stamp to endpaper).

PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY ANDERSEN TO AXEL FREDSTRUP, A SUPERB ASSOCIATION. Fredstrup portrayed the fairy Nissen in Lykkens Blomst ("Flower of Happiness") in the play's 1845 debut at the Royal Theater (mentioned in the present copy on p 4). Fredstrup was later the subject of Andersen's poem "Til Axel Fredstrup," in which he remarks on Fredstrup's role in Lykkens Blomst, and remarks on their faithful friendship: "Til Axel Fredstrup / med mine Eventyr / (Han havde i "Lykkens Blomst'' været den lille Nisse) / Er 'Lykkens Blomst' end kastet hen, / Saa veed jeg dog tilvisse, / Jeg har en gammel trofast Ven, / Her i den lille Nisse." ["To Axel Fredstrup / with my fairy tales / (He had been the little gnome in "The Flower of Happiness") / Even if the "Flower of Happiness" has been thrown away, / I know for sure, / I have an old faithful friend, / Here in the little gnome."]

FIRST EDITION OF LYKKENS BLOMST. Nielsen 465; Hersholt p 43. Third edition of Nye Eventyr, Nielsen 428, 454, 467; see Hersholt p 27 (this third edition).

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