Retsch's series of twenty-six outlines, illustrative of Goethe's tragedy of Faust

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Description

Title
Retsch's series of twenty-six outlines, illustrative of Goethe's tragedy of Faust
Alternative Title
Faust. Selections. English
Creator
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. 1820
Contributor
Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870.
Retzsch, Moritz, 1779-1857.
Published / Created
1820.
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Printed for Boosey and sons, and Rodwell and Martin
Description
BEIN Speck Ck99 R3 +820c: 1st plate bound (or issued?) as frontispiece.
BEIN Speck Ck99 R3 +820d: Another issue: 2 p.l., 60 p., front., 26 plates; 27 x 22 cm. First plate, "Introduction," bound (or issued?) after front., which was drawn and engraved by Moses. Signatures: 2 leaves unsigned B-H⁴ I ². Circular woodcut containing the word, "Faustus," in the center, which appears on the cover of the 1821 ed. is mounted on a fly-leaf in this copy.
BEIN Speck Ck99 R3 +820e: Another issue. 31 x 24 cm. "List of plates" (2d p.l.) replaced by added special t.p.: An analysis of Goethe's Tragedy of Faust, in illustration of Retsch's Series of outlines, engraved from the originals by Henry Moses.
BEIN Speck Ck99 R3 +820f: Another issue: 2 p.l., 2 fronts. (1 port.), 26 plates; 35 x 26 cm. Signatures: 2 leaves unsigned (1st wanting) B-Q² 1 leaf unsigned. General t.p. (1st p.l. wanting). "List of plates" bound at end. Front. "drawn and engraved by Henry Moses." Port. (of Goethe) engraved from the port. by Ferdinand Jagemann.
Extent
2 p.l., 60 pp., 26 pl. : 33 x 25 cm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Speck Ck99 R3 +820e 3

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Material
incl. front. ;
Subject (Name)
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
Subject (Topic)
Illustrations
Subjects
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 > Illustrations

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
1190342
Object ID (OID)
33087190

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