[Rarebooks] FS: First Complete Edition in English of Goethe's FAUSTUS

[Charles Agvent]

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GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. FAUSTUS: FROM THE GERMAN OF  GOETHE.
London:  Boosey Sons/Rodwell & Martin 1821. First Edition. Thin octavo
(5-3/4"  x 9-1/8") bound in contemporary blue boards with a tan  cloth
spine  and  corners,  recently rebacked with a new  sympathetic  cloth
spine;  viii,  86, (2) pages including the half title, a  frontispiece
engraved  portrait  of Goethe, and the list of plates by  Retsch.  The
First  Edition of the FIRST COMPLETE ENGLISH TRANSLATION of the  first
part  of Goethe's Tragedy of Faust. The translation was done by George
Sloane.  There  are  several editions of this book; the one  with  the
accompanying  plates was issued after this edition without plates. All
editions  are  quite scarce, especially this one and  especially  when
complete.  Light  to  moderate  foxing. Near Fine  and  quite  scarce.
                                                               $7500.00
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