Moritz Retzsch — Umrisse Zu Goethe&Apos;S Faust
Stuttgart und TuÃÂOeÃÂbingen, J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1837 . Cloth. An early edition of Moritz Retzsch's collection of forty plates illustrating Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's tragic play, 'Faust&apos. In the original German.An early edition of this work, first published the year prior.Parts I and II of German painter, draughtsman, and etcher Moritz Retzsch's collection of illustrations to accompany Goethe's tragic play.Illustrated with twenty-nine plates to Part I, and eleven to Part II. With a letterpress title page for each part. Collated, complete.Goethe himself liked Retzsch's illustrations of this work, and Retzsch went on to provide illustrations to Freidrich Schiller's 'Lied von der Glocke&apos. Rebound in cloth, with publisher's original front wrap label pasted to the front board. Tape repairs to back strip. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Hinges strained, but repaired with tape. Small loss to fore edge of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with instances of spotting to plate and page perimeters. Good . Ill.: Moritz Retzsch. Good .
