Faustus: From the German of Goethe
by GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von
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- Very Good
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- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
London: Booksey & Sons, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Thin 8vo. Rebound in modern 3/4 maroon leather and red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. pp. viii, 86, [2], with the half-title, and the final leaf with a list of plates and errata; frontispiece drawn and engraved by Henry Moses, and with 26 plates engraved by Moses after Professor Friedrich August Moritz Retzsch's 'outlines'. Some scattered staining and spotting, as often the case. Some pages here are very fresh, others not so fresh; but, in all, a very good copy. The First Edition of the First Complete English Translation of Part One of Goethe's Faust. There were several editions of this book, this being the edition with the accompanying plates. The translation was anonymous at the time of printing; it was first incorrectly credited to George Soane. It has since been revealed that Samuel Taylor Coleridge was the actual translator.
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- Bookseller
- Sanctuary Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WB15118
- Title
- Faustus: From the German of Goethe
- Author
- GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Booksey & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1821
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