Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. 2 Vols.
Kilchberg: Mirio Romano, 1983. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. Quarto. 285, 337pp. Original illustrated tan dustjacket with black lettering on cover and spine over salmon cloth with title laid on spine housed in cardboard slipcase. Published in memory of the artist Felix Hoffmann it contains 100 of his pen drawings. Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, Goethe's second novel first published in 1795/96, is considered one of the important renderings in German literature depicting the reception of Shakespeare's dramas in Germany. Tieck and Schlegel had started to translate Shakespeare's works in the 1740s and it had attained tremendous popularity in Germany by the end of the century. Short publisher's note to Mrs. Kuschenbaum laid in. Text in German. Light sunning at edges of slipcase. DJ, binding and interior in overall near fine condition. vg. Item #34657
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