Lot 55 , Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von), Faustus: From the German of Goethe, 1821 (first edition in English),

Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von), Faustus: From the German of Goethe, 1821 (first edition in English), London, Boosey & Sons and Bodwell & Martin, the final leaf with a list of plates and errata; frontispiece drawn and engraved by Henry Moses; twenty-six plates engraved by Moses after Professor Friedrich August Moritz Retzsch's famous 'outlines;, some spotting and foxing; in near contemporary gilt pictorial calf binding by Charles Murton (fl. 1821-1840), ex-libris Mercier
Estimate £200-300

No missing pages. Split ends to spine. Scuffing to edges and ribs of spine, also to edges of boards. Corners slightly dog eared. Pages throughout have foxing and stains, particularly to leaves between illustrations. Pages slightly undulated when viewed end on.


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Sold for £700