[Rarebooks] FS: Goethe First Edition & Thomas Carlyle's first book: Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, 1824

[Charles Agvent]

GOETHE,    (Johann    Wolfgang).     WILHELM   MEISTER'S
       APPRENTICESHIP.  A  NOVEL.  Edinburgh: Oliver  &  Boyd  1824.
       First Edition.  The First Edition in English, here translated
       by Thomas  Carlyle  (his  first  book), of  this  classic  of
       German  Literature.  Three octavo (4-1/2" x  7-3/8")  volumes
       bound in  late  19th  century   half  wine-red  morocco  with
       matching   corners,  five  raised   bands,  gilt  rules   and
       lettering, all edges gilt. Near Fine                  $450.00
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