Lpz., Georg Joachim Göschen, 1787 - 90. 8vo. Contemporary hcalf with gilt spine, green volume-label and worn title-label. Some overall wear. Internally a bit brownspotted. Engraved title-vignette.
This volume six of Goethe's collected works contains the first printing of Goethe's famous play ""Torquato Tasso"". With the printing ""Leipzig, gedruckt bey Christian Friedrich Solbrig"" on the bottom of the final page, as stated in Hagen 11,6.
"GOETHE, (JOHAN WOLFGANG von). FIRST PRINTINGS (of Reineche Fuchs etc.).
Reference : 28862
(1792)
Bln., Bei Johann Friedrich Unger, 1792 - 95. 8vo. Four cont. uniform hcalfs w. gilt backs and green tome-labels, worn title-labels. Backs and corners somewhat worn. Internally some brownspotting. One folded egr. plate, four folded musical notes.
Volume one containing the first printing of ""Der Grosse-Cophta"", ""Des Joseph Balsamo, genannt Cagliostro, Stammbaum.""Volume two containing the first printing of ""Reineke Fuchs"".Volume four containing the first printing of ""Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, Drittes - Viertes Buch.""Volume five containing the first printing of ""Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, Fünftes - Sechstes Buch.""Hagen 14: 1, 2, 4 and 5.Probably due to the book-description on the half-titles of Wilhelm Meister (Drittes Buch etc.), the title-pages of volume four and five have been confused with those of volume five and three, thus volume four is with the title-page of volume five, and volume five with that of volume three.
Maestricht. Dufour et Roux. 1784. 2 parties en 1 volume in-12 (100 x 164 mm) plein veau réciné à dos lisse orné or, pièce de titre maroquin rouge, plats peignés, tranches rouges, Première feuille (blanche), absente, (1)-VIII-201 pp. et (2)-230 pp. 2 vignettes de titre par Chedowiecki. Les Observations du traducteur (Deyverdun) sont pages 203-230. Coin supérieur du 1er plat émoussé, sinon très bon état, exempt de rousseurs. Edition semblable à l'édition originale de 1776.
Paris, Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, 1931. 16 x 25, 547 pp., broché, état moyen (couverture défraîchie).
Traduction nouvelle complète avec notes par le Dr Maurice Mutterer.