Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1790.

Faust. Ein Fragment von Goethe. Aechte Ausgabe.

Leipzig, Georg Joachim Göschen, 1790. 8vo. [ii] pp. (cancel title) + 168 pp.

First edition. A copy of the re-isued sheets from Schriften, vol. 7 (with statement to that effect on first page of text), with cancel title-page c. 1820 (spelling: Aechte Ausgabe), pages 144-5 with double printing.

Very worn and soiled contemporary boards, foxed throughout and somewhat wavy from damp, flyleaves torn (only half of each preserved). Neat old ownership inscription ”Lippert” on title.

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