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FRØLICH ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE FAIRY TALES, PRESENTATION FOR PREOFESSOR HOEDT. ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. H. C. Andersens Nye Eventyr og Historier. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzels, 1870-1874. image 1
FRØLICH ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE FAIRY TALES, PRESENTATION FOR PREOFESSOR HOEDT. ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. H. C. Andersens Nye Eventyr og Historier. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzels, 1870-1874. image 2
FRØLICH ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE FAIRY TALES, PRESENTATION FOR PREOFESSOR HOEDT. ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. H. C. Andersens Nye Eventyr og Historier. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzels, 1870-1874. image 3
FRØLICH ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE FAIRY TALES, PRESENTATION FOR PREOFESSOR HOEDT. ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. H. C. Andersens Nye Eventyr og Historier. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzels, 1870-1874. image 4
FRØLICH ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE FAIRY TALES, PRESENTATION FOR PREOFESSOR HOEDT. ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. H. C. Andersens Nye Eventyr og Historier. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzels, 1870-1874. image 5
FRØLICH ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE FAIRY TALES, PRESENTATION FOR PREOFESSOR HOEDT. ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. H. C. Andersens Nye Eventyr og Historier. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzels, 1870-1874. image 6
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FRØLICH ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE FAIRY TALES, PRESENTATION FOR PREOFESSOR HOEDT.
ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875.
H. C. Andersens Nye Eventyr og Historier. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzels, 1870-1874.

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FRØLICH ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE FAIRY TALES, PRESENTATION FOR PREOFESSOR HOEDT.

ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. H. C. Andersens Nye Eventyr og Historier. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzels, 1870-1874. 3 volumes. 8vo (163 x 126 mm). Half-titles, extensively illustrated by Lorenz Frølich. Contemporary half red roan, over pebbled cloth, overall wear, upper hinge vol 3 separated, a few other hinges starting, a few minor spots.
Provenance: Professor F.L. Hoedt (presentation inscription from Andersen).

PRESENTATION COPIES, ALL THREE VOLUMES INSCRIBED BY ANDERSEN TO PROFESSOR FREDERICK L. HOEDT, Første Bind: "Min rigt begavede Ven / Professor F. L. Höedt. / en hjertelig Hilsen paa fødselsdagen / den 13 februar / H.C. Andersen" ["My richly gifted friend / professor F. L. Høedt / a cordial Greeting on your Birthday / the 13th of February / H. C. Andersen."] -- Andet and Tredie Bind: "Min rigt begavede Ven / Hr. Professor Höedt / en hjertelig Hilsen / fra / H. C. Andersen." ["My richly gifted friend / Mr. Professor Høedt / a cordial Greeting / from / H. C. Andersen."]. -- Hoedt is frequently mentioned in Andersen's diaries. Hoedt was "the first, with the exception of myself, who had read [Andersen's] stories at the Student's Association" (The Story of My Life, New York, 1872, p.545). Describing the premier of Da Spanierne var her ("When Spaniards Were Here") at the Royal Danish Theatre on 6 April 1865, Andersen writes: "My friend, Professor Hoedt, who had great influence in the theatre, showed a like sympathy" (ibid. p.503).

FIRST EDITIONS of the complete 3 volumes of Lorenz Frølich's illustrated collected works (volumes 3 - 5, including Vilhelm Pedersen's editions of 1862-3). Nielsen 1007, 1013, 1039.

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