By: Maria Poezl – Malikova
ISBN 3 – 7141 –6794 – 3
Original publisher : Jugend und Volk
Wien Muenchen 1982
(Note: The publisher no longer
exists, all copy and publishing
rights to the book have reverted to the original Author Ms. Malikova)
Supported by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research, Vienna
Translation into
English 2006,
by Herbert
Ranharter
with permission and in cooperation with the
original author Professor
Maria Poetzl-Malikova
The 1984 German edition of this book written by Ms. Poetzl
Malikova
is the undisputedly definitive work about Franz Xaver Messerschmidt.
All original artwork, photographs and text are the sole property of Ms. Malikova who has possession of the artwork. Ms. Malikova has consented to allow Mr. Ranharter to make the translation and negotiate all aspects of publication of the work on her behalf.
Original Book - statistics:
German Edition, 1982
See Friedrich Nikolai's travel-log in its original form in German below, please note: The language appears a bit cryptic by today’s standards. Great care has been taken to maintain Nikolai's sentence structures in the English translation to convey the feeling of the original and to underscore a very important point about the life and times of FXM which the translator is making.
Allow me to re-iterate:
Much effort went into adhering to Nikolai's original sentence
structures and choice of words, this accounts for some of what comes
off as awkward English in contemporary terms.
Click here to see the English translation
of Nikolai's travel-log
FXM book page 145 - part a: 145a pdf and part b; 145b.pdf
Click pages to see the full size German original
