Delacroix, Eugène--Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.

folio (423 x 275mm.), lithographed frontispiece portrait and 17 plates on coloured paper by Delacroix, slightly later crushed black morocco by Dunezat, covers with central arms gilt with gilt cornerpieces with coloured morocco onlays and multiple gilt fillet borders, spine gilt in compartments with coloured morocco onlays, gilt edges, burgundy watered silk endpapers, gilt dentelles, slipcase, original illustrated upper wrapper bound in, occasional light foxing or spotting (particularly at end)

Georges Degryse, morocco booklabel

Carteret iii, p.270; Ray 143

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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This volume contains part one of Faust only; part two was not completed by Goethe until 1831 and published posthumously in 1832. Goethe was a great admirer of Delacroix's illustrations for his text; this volume is considered to be the first livre d'artiste.