Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Title: Prologue Dans le Ciel Traduction de Gerard de Nerval
Description: Paris, Philippe Gonin, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A remarkable and exceptionally scarce handwritten and hand painted work by publisher and artist Philippe Gonin, offering a beautifully bright and detailed excerpt from Faust by Goethe. Very scarce. Collated complete with eleven double sheets (two blank) with calligraphic handwriting, half title, thirty three gouaches on handmade paper, including cover. Initialed by the artist to the final leaf. Disbound as published. Handwritten spine as published. In the original publisher's slipcase. The level of artistry in the work is outstanding, with each verse handwritten in neat calligraphy, accompanied by an extremely bright and pleasing gouache. The illustrations feature some of the play's most well known characters including Mephistopheles, Le Seigneur and Gabriel. The artist, Philippe Gonin, is also the publisher of the work and initialed the work to the final leaf. Gonin also notably illustrated an edition of Le Prisonnier de Chillon&apos. Whilst that work was stated as having a print run of thirty five copies, further information regarding the print run of this work is unknown. Considering the intricacy of the work, as well as the scarcity of other copies (there are no copies currently held in institutional libraries) we believe the print run to be significantly smaller than this. The work itself is the prologue of Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Faust is considered perhaps the greatest ever German-language play and is regarded to be Goethe's magnum opus. The work deals with Heaven, piety and souls as the protagonist, Faust, signs a deal with the devil. The first section discusses themes regarding the soul, with the second covering wider social phenomena such as psychology, history and politics. Geothe's Faust was published betwen 1808 and 1832, with this particular work published during the German occupation, at a time in which many French cultural workers were expressing their interest in the Friends of God movement, a central feature of German Mysticism. In the original half cloth binding with hand written title to the spine. In the original publisher's slipcase. Externally in excellent condition with the occasional handling mark to the boards. Slipcase is very smart with slight bumping to the the extremities and the occasional handling mark. Internally disbound as published. Pages are very bright and clean. Pages uncut as called for. Near Fine . Ill.: Philippe Gonin. Near Fine .
Keywords: Philippe Gonin Goethe Hand Painted German Mysticism Goethe Philippe Gonin
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Title: Prologue Dans le Ciel Traduction de Gerard de Nerval
Description: Paris, Philippe Gonin, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A remarkable and exceptionally scarce handwritten and hand painted work by publisher and artist Philippe Gonin, offering a beautifully bright and detailed excerpt from Faust by Goethe. Very scarce. Collated complete with eleven double sheets (two blank) with calligraphic handwriting, half title, thirty three gouaches on handmade paper, including cover. Initialed by the artist to the final leaf. Disbound as published. Handwritten spine as published. In the original publisher's slipcase. The level of artistry in the work is outstanding, with each verse handwritten in neat calligraphy, accompanied by an extremely bright and pleasing gouache. The illustrations feature some of the play's most well known characters including Mephistopheles, Le Seigneur and Gabriel. The artist, Philippe Gonin, is also the publisher of the work and initialed the work to the final leaf. Gonin also notably illustrated an edition of Le Prisonnier de Chillon&apos. Whilst that work was stated as having a print run of thirty five copies, further information regarding the print run of this work is unknown. Considering the intricacy of the work, as well as the scarcity of other copies (there are no copies currently held in institutional libraries) we believe the print run to be significantly smaller than this. The work itself is the prologue of Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Faust is considered perhaps the greatest ever German-language play and is regarded to be Goethe's magnum opus. The work deals with Heaven, piety and souls as the protagonist, Faust, signs a deal with the devil. The first section discusses themes regarding the soul, with the second covering wider social phenomena such as psychology, history and politics. Geothe's Faust was published betwen 1808 and 1832, with this particular work published during the German occupation, at a time in which many French cultural workers were expressing their interest in the Friends of God movement, a central feature of German Mysticism. In the original half cloth binding with hand written title to the spine. In the original publisher's slipcase. Externally in excellent condition with the occasional handling mark to the boards. Slipcase is very smart with slight bumping to the the extremities and the occasional handling mark. Internally disbound as published. Pages are very bright and clean. Pages uncut as called for. Near Fine . Ill.: Philippe Gonin. Near Fine .
Keywords: Philippe Gonin Goethe Hand Painted German Mysticism Goethe Philippe Gonin
Price: GBP 5250.00 = appr. US$ 7496.92 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 681K1
- Book number: 681K1
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