1890 Rare Book in a Scarce Binding Variant - FAUST, A Tragedy in Two Parts by Goethe.
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Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Title: Faust: A Tragedy. Part I Edited and Annotated by F. H. Hedge, D.D. metrical version by Miss Swanwick. Part II, Translated by Miss Swanwick.
Publisher: New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., no date (circa 1890).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7.5 " X 5 ".
Pages: 455 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original decorated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A rare find in this beautiful binding variant!
Content: Very good, near fine content (bright, tight and clean - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the frontispiece portrait of Goethe.
The book: Rare and very attractive edition of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust -- a tragic play in two parts usually known in English as Faust, Part One and Faust, Part Two. Although rarely staged in its entirety, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German-language stages. Faust is considered by many to be Goethe's magnum opus and the greatest work of German literature.
The author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His works include epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist.