GOETHE (W.). Faust. Tragedy by M. de Goethe.... - Lot 241 - Ferri & Associés

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GOETHE (W.). Faust. Tragedy by M. de Goethe.... - Lot 241 - Ferri & Associés
GOETHE (W.). Faust. Tragedy by M. de Goethe. Translated into French by Mr. Albert Stapfer. Decorated with a portrait of the author and seventeen drawings composed after the main scenes of the work and executed on stone by Eugène Delacroix. Paris, Sautelet - Motte, 1828. In-fol. half black bradel paper, smooth spine decorated with gold rocaille pattern, not trimmed. (Contemporary binding). FIRST ISSUE: portrait of Goethe printed on Chine fixé and 17 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS on Chine fixé by Eugène Delacroix (Loÿs Delteil, 57 to 74) printed outside the text. The text on laid paper. ONE OF THE VERY RARE EX. WITH ALL THESE PLATES PRINTED ON CHINESE FIXED, in magnificent proofs, the plate L'Ombre de Marguerite apparaissant à Faust, almost always incomplete in the subject or the legend is here absolutely complete One of the most beautiful books of all time and one of the first books illustrated by a painter. Beautiful copy, with large margins in perfect condition, despite the inevitable foxing.
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