Faustus : from the German of Goethe
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Description
- Title
- Faustus : from the German of Goethe
- Alternative Title
- Faust. English 1. Theil
- Creator
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832, author
- Contributor
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834, translator.
Retzsch, Moritz, 1779-1857, illustrator.
Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870, engraver.
Boosey and Sons, publishers.
Rodwell and Martin (Firm), publishers. - Published / Created
- 1821
- Publication Place
- London : (London
- Publisher
- Boosey and Sons : Rodwell & Martin, W. Wilson, Printer)
- Description
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BEIN Speck Ck99 R3 +821 Copy 1: 29 cm.
BEIN Speck Ck99 R3 +821 Copy 2: 29 cm. Imperfect: P. vii-viii wanting. Autograph: Noel Byron, Pisa, 1822. Ms. note on t.p. below autograph, in a different hand: Presented by him to Mrs. Stith [i.e., Catharine Potter Stith, wife of Townshend Stith]. Slip of publisher's advertisements tipped in preceding p. [v]. P. [2] at end bound following t.p. Some plates bound out of order.
SML,Y Hkg8 162 Copy 1: Half-title pp. [i-ii] and frontispiece wanting.
SML,Y Hkg8 162 Copy 2: [Plays, v. 191] Half-title pp. [i-ii] wanting.
BEIN Zab W6445 +Zz821G: Front board detached. Extra [?] illustrated engraved half-title page. Autograph on half-title page: "C. Wood." Accompanied by: 1) Note in manuscript of A. Tappan Wilder, "From ANW [Amos Niven Wilder]'s study at [with an arrow pointing to the printed address]"; 2) menu from the S.S. 'Europa' transatlantic ocean liner, dated Wednesday, July 13th, 1932, prepared for a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Goethe's birth. From the libraries of: 1) Amos Niven Wilder; 2) A. Tappan Wilder.
Translated by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. See the 2007 edition edited by Frederick Burwick and James C. McKusick.
"The slight analysis drawn up as an accompaniment to Retsch's [!] Outlines being out of print, the publishers felt desirous to supply its place with a more careful abstract ...
"With this view the most striking passages and scenes ... have been translated into blank verse, and connected by a detailed description in prose."
Published also on large paper with the plates engraved by Moses from Retzch's Outlines.
With half-title.
Errata on p. [2] at end. - Extent
- viii, 86, [2] p., [1], 26 leaves of plates : 28 x 22 cm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Zab W6445 +Zz821G
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
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- Public
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Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 1326882
- Object ID (OID)
- 32462117
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