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Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE. - Lot 290

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Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE. - Lot 290
Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE. Reineke fuchs [The Fox]. Stuttgart und Tubingen, 1846, in-4 bound in full publisher's basane, ornate spine, first plate decorated with a large plaque with central Renard in armor on a chariot drawn by griffins and numerous gilt ornaments, central medallion in cold and a large gilt frame on the second plate, edges gilt, some rubbing, jaws split, small leather losses on the spine. First edition illustrated with 36 hors-texte steel engravings by Wilhelm Von Kaulbach, of which 17 engraved by Rudolfe Rahn, 17 by Adrian Schleich, one by Steifensand and one unsigned, and an engraved faux-title. Text in a frame. Gothic lettering. Scattered foxing in the text and on the engravings, whose serpents were not always effective. Remarkable human personification of animals.
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