76/ 288 [Dada]. Schwitters, K. Anna Blume. Dichtungen. Hannover, P. Steegemann, 1919, 1st ed., 37,(11 advert.)p., orig. wr. by K. SCHWITTERS.

- Yellowed as usual. Vague diagonal fold throughout. Nevertheless a fine copy.

= Schmalenbach, p.41: "In 1919 there appeared, in Steegemann's series Die Silbergäule, the book that suddenly made Schwitters known in avant-garde circles everywhere, and even to a wider public: the collection of poems and prose pieces entitled Anna Blume. In particular the poem "An Anna Blume," beginning with the words "O du, Geliebte meiner siebenundzwanzig Sinne, ich / liebe dir! - Du deiner dich dir, du mir. / - Wir?" was soon on everyone's lips." Rattemeyer/ Helms p.11 (full-p. ill.); Andel p.144. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XI.