Goethe's Werke. Lubingen In Der J. O. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1806-1810.
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FIRST COLLECTED EDITION OF THE WORKS OF JOHANN VON GOETHE, COMPLETE IN 13 VOLUMES WITH THE TRUE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST PART OF GOETHE'S FAUST!
Almost always found lacking volume 13 which was published later. An incredibly rare set of the works of Goethe including the incredibly rare first edition of Faust.
See Christie's 11th Dec 2019 lot 138 which sold the first separate edition of Goethe's Faust, realising £10,000 + premium. Christie's, in this lot description state that their copy was the "first separate edition of the complete text of Faust Part I, corrected and in a new setting after the first appearance of the text in vol. 8 of the Works (1806-1810)". This is also corroborated in the reference work 'Goethe and his Publishers' by Siegfried Unseld, p.190, p.322
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The first edition of the second part of Faust did not appear until 1832, 24 years later. The first edition of the second part realised £15,000 in the same Christie's sale, lot 139.
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Size: 20 x 12 x 2.5 cm each (approx.)
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Condition:
Spines rubbed. Tooled labels present. Small fragments of the backstrip of volume six lacking. Some headcaps worn. All boards attached with minor wear; some hinges are cracked and some joints are starting. Boards with very minor scuffing, rubbing, scratches and marks on boards. Shelf wear. Minor discolouration to page edges. Bookplate attached to front pastedown in all volumes. Text blocks fairly clean with light toning and minor foxing, some pages are extremely clean and some are more prominently toned.
