Faustus, from the German of Goethe

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, George Soane

$4,250 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books · No longer available

London: Boosey & Sons, 1821. First English language edition. First appearance of this controversial translation, over which translation attribution is still debated. Bound in twentieth century full calf with gilt to spine, measuring 279 x 226mm. Bound without half title, otherwise collating complete including frontis and 26 plates 27 plates in all : viii, 86, 2 . A Very Good+ to Near Fine

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