Goethe (Johann Wolfgang). - Goethe's Schriften. Siebenter ba - Lot 266

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Goethe (Johann Wolfgang). - Goethe's Schriften. Siebenter ba - Lot 266
Goethe (Johann Wolfgang). - Goethe's Schriften. Siebenter band. Leipzig, Georg Joaquim Böschen, 1790.in-12 bound in full calf with smooth spine, gilt title and tomaison - strong tear at the tail of the spine with loss of leather - [1 f. , title], 320 pp. Work illustrated with a frontispiece and a title vignette engraved by H. Lips. The frontispiece takes Rembrandt's "Dr. Faustrieus" (Bartsch 270) by aging his face and adding a flowery beard. The vignette represents a couple of lovers. Published in 8 volumes, between 1787 and 1790, this collection aimed to revive the career of the author who, living isolated in Weimar, was struggling to reconnect with the enthusiastic readers of Werther. For the first time, Goethe's works were collected and carefully illustrated (11 engravings, including 8 frontispieces). This volume 7 contains the ORIGINAL EDITION of Faust, followed by Jery und Bätely and Scherz, List und Rache. This edition offers the first printed version of the Urfaust written between 1773 and 1775, in a lighter version. It was not until 1808 that the first complete part of Faust was published, and 1832 that the second part was published posthumously.
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