Accession number
PML 18853
Creator
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
Published
Leizig : In der Weygandschen Buchhandlung, 1774.
Credit line
Purchased in, 1909.
Notes
On last page (224) of Pt. 2 "Druckfehler (Errata) occupying 11 lines.
Vignette with publisher's initials on t.-p. of Pt. I, and ornamental vignette on t.-p. of Pt. 2.
First edition of the first version, published anonymously. First issue with longer rules on t.p. (38 and 69 mm.) and errata on p. 224. Text on p. 16, line 9 reads "durgelesen"; p. 101, last line: "härne". Cf. B. Seuffert in Goethes Werk (Weimar, 1899), [1st ser.], v. 19, p. 312-313; William A. Speck collection of Goetheana in the Yale Univ. Lib. (1940), no. 792.
Issued in two parts; t.p. for "Zweyter Theil"; p. [113].
Pts. 1 and 2 have separate t.p.'s but continuous paging.
Vignette with publisher's initials on t.-p. of Pt. I, and ornamental vignette on t.-p. of Pt. 2.
First edition of the first version, published anonymously. First issue with longer rules on t.p. (38 and 69 mm.) and errata on p. 224. Text on p. 16, line 9 reads "durgelesen"; p. 101, last line: "härne". Cf. B. Seuffert in Goethes Werk (Weimar, 1899), [1st ser.], v. 19, p. 312-313; William A. Speck collection of Goetheana in the Yale Univ. Lib. (1940), no. 792.
Issued in two parts; t.p. for "Zweyter Theil"; p. [113].
Pts. 1 and 2 have separate t.p.'s but continuous paging.
Description
224 p. ; 17 cm.
Provenance
Pierpont Morgan.
Binding
Blue morocco, gilt, with red morocco doublures, by M. Lortic. In slip-case with second edition of this same work.
Classification
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