Goethe, Johann Wolfgang; Moses, Henry [illus.]; Retsch, M [illus]; Shelly, Percy Bysshe [tr.] Catalogue No.: r4048
Publisher: | London.: Edward Lumley | Edition: | New Edition with portrait of the author.; Published Date: 1832 | Illustrations: | Embellished with Retsch's series of outlines [26 of 27 illustrations present] | Dimensions: | 280 x 210 mm (11 x 8 inches) - vii, 77p, 15pp. | Appearance: | Half-leather marbled board cover. | Condition: | G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and bumped with corner and edge wear. Leather from lower corner part missing. Spine scuffed with chips at ends. Contents tight. Scattered browning. One plate [No. 2] is missing (not bound in) out of the 26 relating to the section 'Faustus: From the German to Goethe'. The final section bound in entitled 'Sixteen Outlines of Schiller's Fight with the Dragon' contains two pages of Explanation and 25 verses, no illustrations. |
The addenda 'May-Day Night' is translated by Percy Bysshe Shelly. Schiller's Fight with the Dragon was published in 1825 by Boosey and Sons.
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