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PRESENTATION COPY TO DANISH ACTOR LAURITZ ECKARDT ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. PEDERSEN, VILHELM, ILLUSTRATOR. H. C. Andersens Eventyr og Historier. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzels, 1873. image 1
PRESENTATION COPY TO DANISH ACTOR LAURITZ ECKARDT ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. PEDERSEN, VILHELM, ILLUSTRATOR. H. C. Andersens Eventyr og Historier. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzels, 1873. image 2
PRESENTATION COPY TO DANISH ACTOR LAURITZ ECKARDT ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. PEDERSEN, VILHELM, ILLUSTRATOR. H. C. Andersens Eventyr og Historier. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzels, 1873. image 3
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PRESENTATION COPY TO DANISH ACTOR LAURITZ ECKARDT
ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. PEDERSEN, VILHELM, ILLUSTRATOR.
H. C. Andersens Eventyr og Historier. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzels, 1873.

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PRESENTATION COPY TO DANISH ACTOR LAURITZ ECKARDT

ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN. 1805-1875. PEDERSEN, VILHELM, ILLUSTRATOR. H. C. Andersens Eventyr og Historier. Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzels, 1873.
2 volumes. 8vo (164 x 128 mm). Half-titles and woodcut titles printed on a tinted background in each volume, woodcut frontispiece printed on a tinted background in the first volume, numerous illustrations throughout after Pedersen. Half red morocco over black pebble cloth, hinges starting, corners lightly rubbed.
Provenance: Lauritz Eckardt (presentation inscription from Andersen).

PRESENTATION COPIES INSCRIBED BY ANDERSEN TO LAURITZ ECKARDT: "Hr. Lauritz Eckardt / En hjertelig Hilsen paa hans / fødselsdag den 12 Januar 1874 / fra hans Ven / H. C. Andersen" ["Mr. Lauritz Eckardt / A cordial greeting on his / birthday the 12th of January 1874 / from his friend / H. C. Andersen."] Actor Lauritz Eckardt was accompanying his housemate Harald Scharff on holiday in Paris in 1857 when the pair met Hans Christian Andersen for the first time. In early 1860, Sharff and Eckardt met Andersen by accident in Bavaria, and the three traveled together for a week, during which time it is believed that Andersen became a very intimate friend (and possibly lover) of Hans Christian Andersen. They began an intimate relationship in 1862, which came to an end in August 1863 and shortly afterward, Scharff became engaged to Camilla Petersen. In December 1863, Andersen read fairy tales at Eckardt's house, where Scharff and Petersen were present. A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY. Fourth edition (stated).

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