776 - Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
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Estimate €400 - €500

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von The Siblings. A play. Authentic edition. Leipzig, Göschen, 1787. 1 leaf, 44 pp., 1 leaf. Dark red, hand-bound full leather binding (late 19th century) with gold-stamped fillets on the covers, floral border on the cover, gold lettering and title, gilding on the spine and inner edges, and three-sided gilt edges; inside cover lined with light blue moiré silk. First separate edition in a magnificent full-leather hand-bound cover. – Goed. IV, 229, 29 – Hagen 91 – Offprint from the 3rd volume of the ‘Schriften’ with a new title page and new pagination. This one-act play, one of several short plays by Goethe for the Weimar court theatre, describes, amongst other things, his close relationship with his sister Cornelia. – Slightly browned due to the paper, with occasional light foxing; overall a fine copy. First separate edition in a magnificent full-leather hand-bound cover.

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776 - Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von See original version (German)

776 - Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
See original version (German)