Accession number
PML 195312-13
Creator
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
Published
A Paris : De l'imprimerie de Didot jeune, 1797.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2009.
Notes
The translation was formerly attributed to Friedrich Wilhelm Karl, Graf von Schmettau, with the "C. Aubry" of the book's t.p. regarded as a pseudonym; more recent sources, however, identify the translator as Philippe Charles Aubry, who is believed to have translated the work with the assistance of Woldemar Friedrich Schmettau.
Illustrated with four plates engraved by Jean Duplessis-Bertaux after Berthon.
Vol. 1: x, 178 p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 2: 209, 6 p., [2] leaves of plates.
With 6 p. of publisher's advertisements at end of v. 2.
Illustrated with four plates engraved by Jean Duplessis-Bertaux after Berthon.
Vol. 1: x, 178 p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 2: 209, 6 p., [2] leaves of plates.
With 6 p. of publisher's advertisements at end of v. 2.
Description
2 v. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Provenance
Purchased from Benoît Forgeot, May 2009.
Binding
Green morocco tooled in gilt with pink silk doublures.
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