RARE biography of Heinrich Heine and his family by Maximilian Meyer Heine (1807-1879), a German doctor who served with the Russian Army during the Russo-Turkish War war and who later became a Russian state councilor. He was the youngest brother of Heinrich Heine. 175x115mm. X+247 pages. Rebound quarter-cloth Hardcover. Text block edges marbled. Cover and spine rubbed, worn and stained. Cover corners and edges bumped. Cover edges peeling. Spine edges bumped and peeling. Tattered sticker on spine and cover. Binding slightly curved. Ex-library copy with stamps. Page 1/2 bottom edge loose from binding. Binding slightly loose and visible between pages 2-3, binding slightly loose between several pages. Text block edges stained. Pages yellowing, age-stained and wavy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare memoir of the illustrious Heinrich Heine and family is in good reading condition.