134. Petőfi Sándor: ~ újabb költeményei. 1847-1849. I-II. kötet.

Pest, 1858. Emich. (8)+284+IVp.; (2)+288+IV+(1)p.
First edition, published after the poet's death. The publisher took over the manuscripts from Julia Szendrey in the summer of 1850. These contained the smaller poems written between 1847 and 1849 and the larger narrative poems (Az apostol, Bolond Istók, Lehel vezér, Szécsi Mária). Revolutionary poems were out of the question in the political situation, but censorship was applied even for the rest. In October, a subscription to Petőfi's new poems was announced, which generated a huge press response, and the public was also eagerly looking forward to the publication of the new work. Perhaps as a result, when the printing work was almost completed, the authorities invaded the printing house, seized the unbound sheets and later crushed them. Emich had to wait seven years for this book of poems to be published and reach the readers.
Richly gilt, original cloth.
Szüry: 3632.
 
Starting price: 40 000,-