GOETHE (Wolfgang von). Werther. Translation from the German - Lot 19

GOETHE (Wolfgang von). Werther. Translation from the German of Goete [sic] by C. Aubry. New edition, revised and corrected by the translator with intaglio figures. Paris, de l'imprimerie de Didot jeune, 1797. Two vol. in-18, long-grained red morocco, decorated smooth spines, gilt fillet and garland on covers, inner dent, gilt tr. (Contemporary binding). Second edition of Philippe-François Aubry's translation, revised and corrected. First published in 1777 under the title: Les Passions du jeune Werther. Edition decorated with 4 attractive hors-texte figures by Berthon (Berthoud), engraved by Duplessis-Bertaux. A very fine copy, complete with the 6-page Didot catalog, bound at the end of the second volume. Provenance : - Bibliothèque Briquet, sale Nov. 21, 1960, no. 77.