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Herrmann und Dorothea, von J. W. von Göthe.

Accession number
Heineman 653
Creator
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
Published
Berlin, Bey F. Vieweg dem älteren [1797]
Credit line
Gift of the trustees of the Dannie and Hettie Heineman Collection, 1977.
Notes
At head of title: Taschenbuch für 1798.
"Kalendar": p. [3-16] (1st group).
For discussion of the several variant issues (illustrations and bindings) cf. M. Lanckorońska, Geschichte der deutschen Taschenbücher und Almanache. München, 1954, p. 48-51.
Illustrations: etchings, in this copy comprising frontispiece of the Prussian royal family, by D. Chodowiecki; hand-colored fashion plate (3 headdresses) by E. Henne after J. W. Meil; 6 landscapes in the calendar (nos. 6, 11, 4, 3, 5, 12) by J. A. Darnstedt after J. D. Schubert.
Includes "Kalendar" [für 1798].
Kippenberg: Katalog der Sammlung Kippenberg, 374//.
Description
[17], 174 p. 8 plates (1 col.) 12 cm
Provenance
Dannie and Hettie Heineman. Mortimer L. Schiff with his bookplate.
Binding
Red leather with slip case.
Classification
Department