Faust suivi du Second Faust. Choix de ballades et poésies de Goëthe - Schiller - Burger - Klopstock - Schubart - Koerner - Uhland, etc
Charles Gosselin|Paris 1840|10.50 x 18 cm|relié
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First collected edition bringing together Faust and the Second Faust. First edition of the French translation established by Gérard de Nerval for the "Second Faust", first edition for some parts regarding the selection of ballads and poems, featuring poetry by Goethe (notably Le roi des Aulnes), Schiller, Klopstock, Bürger... Legend of Faustus by Widmann, notices and notes. Contemporary half chocolate red glazed calf binding with small corners. Smooth spine decorated with romantic tools in mirror. Gilt title. Marbled edges matching the endpapers. Some cracks on the spine. Traces of rubbing. Some scattered foxing on very white paper. Handsome copy. Important edition for Romantic literature.