Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Faust. Eine Tragödie.... Lot n° 579

Modern Literature and Art Insel Publishing House Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Faust. A tragedy. With 17 collotype plates after the lithographs by Eugène Delacroix. Leipzig, Insel-Verlag, 1912. 2 vols. 187 p., 1 leaf. Folio. Original red morocco binding (signed E.A. Enders) with rich ornamental R-gilt, gilt-stamped title and gilt edges (somewhat rubbed and scuffed, edges partly slightly discolored). One of 100 numbered copies of the special edition on van Gelder laid paper (GA 615). - Sarkwski 581 - Schauer II, 38 - Beautiful, bibliophile impression of the rare illustrations to Goethe's Faust, first published in 1822. When the 76-year-old Goethe saw Delacroix's drawings for his masterpiece, he wrote to his good friend Johann Peter Eckermann: "The more perfect imagination of such an artist forces us to think of the situations as well as he has gone through them himself. I must now confess that in certain scenes Mr. Delacroix has surpassed my own conception! - Printed with wide margins by the Spamersche Buchdruckerei, Leipzig, under the direction of Emil Rudolf Weiss. - Edges of endpapers somewhat browned, plate pages partly with faint browning from dustwrapper, bookplate on inside cover (Ludwig Em. Strecker) * This work is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 23.95% surcharge and the final invoice amount is subject to 7% (books only) or 19% VAT in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books only) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union. In addition to the buyer's premium of 23.95% (regular taxation, all items with an asterisk) or 28.95% (differential taxation), the external platform fee (3-5%) is added in accordance with the General Terms and Conditions. If desired, items subject to differential taxation can be invoiced with standard taxation. In addition to the auctioneers premium of 23.95% (standard taxation, all items with an asterisk) or 28.95% (differential taxation), the external platform fee (3-5%) is added in accordance with the General Terms and Conditions. On request, items subject to differential taxation can be invoiced with standard taxation.