Engraved title vignette (medallion-portrait of author), Translation, partly in verse, partly in prose, of Faust, first part., BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in contemporary green quarter morocco and marbled boards, with brown leather corners. First issues of the lithographs, on China paper., and BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is a large paper copy. Bound in red half morocco with marbled boards.
Publisher:
Chez Ch. Motte, Éditeur ... et chez Sautelet, libraire ... and Imprimerie de Gaultier-Laguionie
Subject (Name):
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. and Faust, -approximately 1540
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., and Errata on p. [2] at end.
Publisher:
Boosey and Sons : Rodwell & Martin, W. Wilson, Printer)
