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Scarce set, with biographical introduction by Hjalmar H. Boyesen, PhD. Illustrated title pages, includes index. Gilded stamped, black half-leather paperboard cover. Gilt lettering and raised bands on the spine. Slight wear to the front and lower edges and along the spines, as well as some pinching and chipping in the top part of the spine of volumes 2,3 and 4. Very clean pages, no markings, and solid text blocks, almost as new. Plates/prints produced from non-photomechanical processes (no halftone dots of lithography). All five volume text blocks have gilded edges and marble endpapers. v. 1. The life of Goethe / by Hjalmar H. Boyesen ; Poems (Songs ; Familiar songs ; From Wilhelm Meister ; Ballads ; Antiques ; Elegies ; Epigrams ; The four seasons ; Sonnets ; Miscellaneous poems ; Art ; Parables ; Epigrams ; God und world ; West-Eastern Divan ; Hermann und Dorothea) -- v. 2. Faust ; Egmont ; The natural daughter ; The sorrows of young Werther --v. 3. Goetz von Berlichingen ; Iphigenia in Tauris ; Torquato Tasso ; Clavigo ; Stella; The brother and sister ; A tale ; The good women ; Reynard the Fox --v. 4. The recreations of the German emigrants ; Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship --v. 5., pt. 1. Wilhelm Meister's travels ; Elective affinities. The five volumes weigh about 25 pounds, and each book measures approx. 9 x 12 inches. Please contact us for shipping costs and more pictures. Seller Inventory # B-800-GOE-1
Bibliographic Details
Title: Goethe's Works Illustrated by the Best ...
Publisher: George Barrie, Philadelphia, New York, Boston
Publication Date: 1885
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition
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