Goethe Poems in Original Metres - 2nd Edition (1874) Hardcover | Classic German Poetry Collection for Literature Lovers & Book Collectors

von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. New York: Hurst & Co., Publishers, 1874. 

English, Second Edition, Very Good, HC, 12mo, 7 1/2" x 5 1/4", 447 pp.

Second Edition, hardcover in green cloth with stamped gilt and black illustrations and decoration to front panel and spine in a Late Victorian style, beveled boards, and gilded edges. Slight cocking to spine, some edgewear, minor interior toning, light foxing, little separation to front gutter and pages 128 to 143, otherwise, and pen inscription to to title page, else still firmly bound and clean. 447 pp. Includes a few black-and-white images. Contains the original Dedication and Preface, List of Goethe's Principal works, Songs, Ballads, Cantatas, Odes, Poems, Sonnets, Epigrams, Parables, 3 works of art, and more. This collection of poems by the highly influential German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe works to showcase the variety of themes and subjects he enjoyed and found inspiration in, from philosophy and religion to nature and antiques.