Author: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von [1749 - 1832]. Eckermann, Johann Peter [1792 - 1854]. Soret, Frédéric Jacob [1795 - 1865]. Oxenford, John [1812 - 1877] - Translator
Title: CONVERSATIONS Of GOETHE with Eckermann and Soret. In Two Volumes.; Translated from the German by John Oxenford
Description: London: Smith Elder & Co. 65, Cornhill, 1850. 1st Edition in English. Later 19th C. brown polished half-calf bindings with light brown cloth boards, gilt stamping to spine. Marbled eps. TEG. Ribbon page marker. 2 volumes: iv, 444; [2], 443, [1] pp. Index at rear. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5" The conversations of the supplement to the "Gespräche" originally published separately as 3d part ("Nachtrag") and based in part on the manuscript notes written in French by F.J. Soret, are in this translation inserted in their chronological order, and are published in English for the first time. Cf. Translator's pref. Minor extremity wear to binding, with some slight rubs/stress lines to joints. Armorial bookplate [to each volume]. Foxing. A VG set.

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