MBA004: Lot 97. GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang.

Fine, inscribed copy of first English prose translation of Faust, in contemporary binding.

Description

8vo (22 x 13.5cm). inscribed by the translator Abraham Hayward on blank before title, pp. lxxxvii, 280, contemporary navy blue morrocco gilt, panelled cover in gilt and blind, spine with gilt geometric design, title gilt lettered direct, all edges gilt.

Provenance

Provenance: Inscription on blank- ‘Benjamin Willoughby Esq. from the Translator A. H.’

Bibliography

A Selection from the Correspondence of Abraham Hayward, ed. Henry E. Carlisle (New York, 1887), I, 19.