1883 - THE POEMS of GOETHE - English Transl. by BOWRING

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[German Literature - English Translations] [Decorative Cloth Bindings - British - 19th-century] [Edgar Alfred Bowring, (translator) 1826-1911] [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832] BOWRING, Edgar Alfred (Translator) : THE POEMS OF GOETHE: TRANSLATED IN THE ORIGINAL METRES . London: George Bell and Sons, 1883. 12mo. (4 ½ x 7 inches) (18 cm.) xvi, 440 pp.; collated & complete. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged (stated), including Hermann and Dorothea, now first added.Original publisher's decorative purple cloth binding with gilt decorations and lettering on spine; borders stamped in blind to front and rear boards. Brown coated endpapers. Translated from the German by Edgar Bowring.Inked signature on upper margin of title-page.In Fair/Good antiquarian condition. Moderate wear to the boards and spine ends. Light thinned spots from a removed name label on front pastedown. Title-page neatly detached but present. Book is clean with no markings or marginalia, binding is sound. An excellent reading copy . We welcome any questions or offers regarding this book. Thank you! [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and polymath. Goethe is considered by many to be the most important writer in the German language and one of the most important thinkers in Western culture. Goethe's works span the read more

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