Description
Signed Bicentennial edition of Goethe: Four Studies by Albert Schweitzer.
Octavo, 116pp. Full red cloth, title in silver on spine. Red topstain. “Englarged Bicentennial Edition, Goethe: Four Studies / Copyright 1949” on copyright page. Solid text block, touch of sunning to top edge, a near fine example. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, a few chips to top edge, sunned spine, shelf wear.
Signed by the author on the front free endpaper.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers in the German language, yielding numerous works of poetry, drama, novels, and scientific inquiries. His poetic masterpiece, “Faust,” explores the complexities of human nature and the pursuit of knowledge through two parts, published in 1808 and 1832.
