[F0204-E] Barthel, Heisenberg, Haering and Others. Collection of
Articles.. A volume containing the following titles: Ernst
Barthel: Goethes Wissenschaftslehre in ihrer modernen Tragweite.
Bonn, Fr. Cohen, 1922, 119pp; Werner Heisenberg, (1901-1976)
Wandlungen in den Grundlagen der Naturwissenschaft. Zwei Vorträge
.Leipzig, Hirzel, 1935, 45pp.,First Edition * Poggendorff VII, 2,
427; Roller-G.I, 525. Heisenberg, Nobelprize for physics, 1932.
Well known for his contributions to the creation and development
of quantum mechanics; Theodor Haering: Naturphilosophie in der
Gegenwart. ( Wuertembergische Ges. Z. Foerderung der Wiss).
Stuttgart, Kohlhammer, 1933, 20pp., ; Die II. Davoser
Hochschulkurse 17. Maerz bis 6. April. / Les IImes cours
universitaires de Davos du 17 mars au 6 avril. 1929. Davos,
Heintz, Neu & Zahn, ccontributions by L. Englert, J. Cavailles,
Paul Mueller. List of lecturers and their courses (Cassirer,
Heidegger and Sauerbruch were amongst them) . Philipp Lersch:
Seele und Welt. Zur Frage nach der Eigenart des Seelischen.
Leipzig, J.A. Barth, 1941, 36pp., (his inaugural lecture
university of Leipzig 10 July 1940 ) In one sturdy volume paper
covered boards, linen spine, worn title label and corners. Text
browned throughout.  £35.00

[IS002264] COCHRANE, James (translator),. Hannah and Her
Chickens. 0, 1854. from the German of Eberhard. Edinburgh, 1854;
xvi, 9 - 146 pp.; publisher's blind-stamped red cloth, spine
lettered in gilt; base of spine worn and repaired, with slight
loss. * A good copy of the first edition of this translation of
Eberhard's best-selling narrative poem in German "Hannchen und
die Küchlein". Like the original, it is in verse hexameters. Our
copy was presented by the translator to the author Charles
Kingsley, bearing the ink inscription at the top of the
title-page: "To the Revd C. Kingsley from the author". Despite
the odd pagination, the text , judging by the signatures, is
complete. OFFERED TOGETHER with the first edition of Cochrane's
anonymously published translation, also into hexameters, of
Goethe's "Herman and Dorothea", London: W.H.Smith and Son, 1849;
iv, 132pp.; publisher's cloth [by Josiah Westley], professionally
rebacked with matching Victorian cloth, inner joints cracked,
stitching poor but holding. Bothy these volumes are very scarce.
£22.50

[F1787] Goethe Johann Wolfgang von. Das römische Carneval.
München, O. C. Recht-Verlag, n.d. . (around 1920) Facsimile of
the edition Weimar and Gotha (in Commission bey Carl Wilhelm
Ettinger) 1789. With Title vignette by J.H. Lips and 20 hand
coloured plates after the coloured copper engravings of Georg
Melchior Kraus after drawings by Goethe und Johann Georg
Schütz.This text was later included in > and was published in a
special edition at the Easter Fair 1789 - IBA 1982, see:
Sarkowski2 605 (Ausgabe Leipzig 1966). Printed in offset by H.F.
Jütte , hand colouring by Georg Schauer.This is number 473 of a
limited edition of 1000 copies. red paper coverd boards with
title labels pasted to spine and front board. binding worn at the
edges, very occ. foxing in margins of the text. [ST]  £45.00

[F2108SM] Goethe, J. W. Illustrated by Max Pfeiffer Watenphuhl,.
Goethes Buch Suleika Gefolgt vom Schenkenbuch. Dem Westöstlischen
Divan entliehen und mit vierzehn auf den Stein gezeichneten
Farblithographien versehen von Max Pfeiffer Watenphul. No. 233 of
370 signed and hand-numbered copies. With 14 lithographs by Max
Pfeiffer signed in the stone. Frankfurt am Main, Verlag Ars
Librorum, Gotthard de Beauclair 1966. folio (410 mm. x 280 mm.)
loose sheets held in publisher's orange vellum-backed linen cloth
binding with spine lettered in gilt and one of the coloured
lithographs pasted to the front board. In dark reddish brown
quarter goat's leather slip case with gilt lettering on the
spine. A dust jacket was not issued. A fine copy. Printed on
"velin d'Arches" and uncut. Five of the 14 coloured lithographs
are full-page. Signed in the colophon by Max Pfeiffer Watenphul
and Gotthard de Beauclair. 37pp. + colophon. Typeface used is
Dante-Antiqua. Ars Librorum print no. 14. The first book
ilustrated by the German artist Max Pfeiffer
Watenphul(1896-1976). Inserted are the special lge 8-vo leaflet
the publisher issued for this book with three of the
illustrations reproduced in a smaller size and the publisher's
catalogue of editions with original graphics.,  £650.00

[F2214] GOETHE, J.W. Von. Das Maerchen Und Die Novelle. (
Novellen Ausgabe, Erster Band. ) Berlin & Leipzig Im Verlage der
Insel, bei Schuster und Loeffler, 1900, 12mo. XVI,110pp. Original
patterned paper over boards, printed title labels pasted onto the
spine and the front board. Patterned endpapers. top and bottom of
spine chipped, spine discoloured, the boards lesser so, small
spot in maregins of pp 54-57.On the label is added "Weihnachten
MDCCC ". [ st ]  £25.00

[F0636] GOETHE, J.W. Von,. Faust.Eine Tragödie. Erster (-Zweiter)
Theil. ( = borth parts in one volume ) Jena, Eugen Diederichs,
1912, Original full vellum binding with gilt titling to spine and
front board, complete with the brass clasps attached to the
binding with vellum strips. A fine copy. The text, set in
Fraktur, is slightly yellowed, f.e.p. with vertical crease, paste
downs to inner boards a bit wrinkled which is usual for this
title. Rare in this condition [DL ]  £65.00

[IS00366] GOETHE, J.W. Von,. Werke. 0, 1867. 36 volumes bound in
18; Stuttgart, Cotta, 1867; approx. 10.5 x 16 cm,; publisher's
cloth; head-bands partially a little rubbed, tailbands less so,
miniscule hole in one spine, some spotting to prelims and
margins. * A very extensive collected edition, in a compact
format and tightly bound. It includes autobiography, poetry,
plays, novels, essays, travels, and writings on art and science,
as well as a 180-page biography by Karl Goedeke.  £50.00

[IS00397] GOETHE, J.W. Von,. Briefwechsel Zwischen Goethe Und
Reinhard. 0, 1850. in den Jahren 1807 bis 1832. Stuttgart und
Tuebingen, 1850; iv, 327pp.; 20th cent. cloth-backed boards,
spine label neatly hand-written; occasional slight spots, some
pencil lines, mostly marginal. pencil signature of Guenther Hell
[the associate in Oxford of Bruno Cassirer]. * Scarce First
Edition.  £18.00

[IS00521] GOETHE, J.W. Von,. Wilhelm Meister's Lehrjahre. 0, Ein
Roman [Goethes Werke in Form und Text ihrer Erstausgaben neu
herausgegben von Karl Georg Wendriner]. Four volumes, Berlin:
Morawe und Scheffelt, n.d.[c. 1913]; OFFERED WITH: Die
Wahlverwandschaften. Two volumes, 1913; AND Gotz von Berlichingen
mit der Eisernen Hand, 1913. In all SEVEN VOLUMES; publisher's
boards; spines a little rubbed at head. * An attempt to reproduce
and convey the form and feel of the original editions of these
works of Goethe's, offering the texts in facsimile, and bindings
which approximate to eighteenth century bindings. The first work
is complete with folding music inserts, apparently settings by
Reichardt.  £20.00

[IS00770] GOETHE, J.W. Von,. Saemtliche Werke.. 0, TWELVE VOLUMES
ONLY [of seventeen]. Leipzig, Insel-Verlag, n.d.[c.1930];
publisher's original flexble brick-red calf, spines lettered in
gilt, Insel Ship emblem in gilt on front covers, top edges gilt,
yellow silk markers. * Twelve very well preserved volumes from
the seventeen-volume Insel edition [cf.Sarkowsky 541] in the
scarce and much-sought-after calf-leather binding. Two headbands
slightly worn, another minimally worn, small, single ink-stains
on two covers, some spines a little rubbed & very slightly
darkened, but the overall condition is very good. The following
volumes are included: 1 & 2 (Romane); 3, 4 & 5 (Autobiographische
Schriften); 7 & 8 (Dramatische Dichtungen II & III); II
(Uebersetzungen); 12 (Aufsaetze zur Kultur-, Theater- und
Literaturgeschichte. Maximen. Reflexionen. I); 15 (Lyrische und
Epische Dichtungen II); 16 & 17 (Naturwissenschaftliche Schriften
I & II, with plates in colour and in B.& w.).  £120.00

[091928] GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. Poems.. Edited and
introduced by T.J. Reed ( Professor of German at Oxford
University ) Tregynon, Newton, Powys, Gwasg Gregynog, 2000. 4to.,
quarter leather, paper covered boards, slipcase. viii, (ii),
51+(3) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 200 numbered
copies of which this one is one of the fifty copies specially
bound in quarter leather. Included is the 4-page prospectus for
the edition and a letter from the publisher to Dr. F.D. Luke
thanking him for granting the publisher to use his translations.
This book was published by Gwasg Gregynog to celebrate the 600th
anniversary of the birth of Johann Gutenberg and the 250th of
Johann Wolfgang Goethe. This collection of some forty recent
English translations of Goethe's poetry represents the breadth of
the artistic and intellectual interests of Goethe as they
developed throughout his lifetime. Illustrated with a title-page
silhouette of Goethe and typographical decoration to some of the
poems by Neil Holland. this silhouette is repeated on the front
cover (colophon states 2 but loose erratum slip corrects this )
Set in Monotype Ehrhardt and printed in two colours on mouldmade
paper from the Hahnemuhle mill at Dassel.  £75.00

[IS00983TRAVE] GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. Briefwechsel Zwischen
Goethe Und Zelter. 0, 1833. in den Jahren 1796 bis 1832.
Herausgegeben von Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm Riemer. Six volumes,
boundin three, Berlin, Verlag von Duncker und Humblot, 1833/1834;
each volume approx. 450 pp.; early pebble-grain cloth, spines
lettered and ruled in gilt and blind, boards ruled in blind,
speckled edges; spines faded, with fading extending onto the
boards. * A fine set of the first edition of this most important
correspondence between Goethe and one of his closest friends. Its
provenance is a large private library built up in Travemuende in
the course of the 19th Century, now dispersed, for which it
appears to have been bound ca. 1850/1860. An apparently blank and
unnumbered page has been partially excised after p.362 of Volume
IV. The book is nevertheless complete, as we have ascertained by
comparing this copy with another copy of the same edition.
£350.00

[091928-B] GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. Poems.. Edited and
introduced by T.J. Reed ( Professor of German at Oxford
University ) Tregynon, Newton, Powys, Gwasg Gregynog, 2000. 4to.
One of the copies of the edition of 150 copies bound in quarter
cloth in a sl. soiled slipcase. with sl. bumped corners .. .
Published by Gwasg Gregynog to celebrate the 600th anniversary of
the birth of Johann Gutenberg and the 250th of Johann Wolfgang
Goethe. This collection of some forty recent English translations
of Goethe's poetry represents the breadth of the artistic and
intellectual interests of Goethe as they developed throughout his
lifetime. Illustrated with a title-page silhouette of Goethe and
typographical decoration to some of the poems by Neil Holland.
Set in Monotype Ehrhardt and printed in two colours on mouldmade
paper from the Hahnemuhle mill at Dassel. Included is the 4-page
prospectus for the edition  £45.00

[F3109] GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. Briefe aus Venedig.
Kupferstiche von Otto Rohse. Hamburg , Otto Rohse Presse,
1963-1964. Mit 28 ,10 einseitigen und 9 doppelseitigen
Original-Kupferstichen.60 nn. Seiten. Flexibler
Originalpergamentband mit Rückenvergoldung (leicht flecking,
wahrscheinlich vom Schuber ) , als Blockbuch gebunden(Einband von
Christian Zwang, Hamburg). Im Originalschuber mit gestochenem
Signet der Presse (Entwurf: Hermann Bunz).Erster Druck der Otto
Rohse Presse. - Exemplar 50 von 300, von denen wohl nur die
ersten 200 nummeriert und gebunden wurden. Daneben erschienen 50
Mappenausgaben. - Im Druckvermerk vom Künstler signiert. -
Handsatz aus der Garamond der Stempel AG. - Auf
Hahnemühle-Bütten. -Der 1925 in Insterburg geborene Künstler
studierte an der Landeskunstschule Hamburg bei Richard von
Sichowsky und übernahm 1961 ein Lehramt an der Werkkunstschule
Offenbach. 1962 gründete er seine eigene Presse in Hamburg.27,3 :
23,4 cm.Spindler 44.6. - Hack/Schwarz 1.01. - Tiessen II, 14
£395.00

[F1248] GOETHE,J.W. Von,. Abhandlung vom Zwischenkieferknochen
1784/1786.. Heinz Moos Verlag, Muenchen, 1968. Fine facsimile of
the edition 1784 owned by the Goethe- and Schiller-Archiv in
Weimar. Number 289 of a limited edition of 350 copies. in red
marbled paper covered boards supplied by the Legatoria Piazzesi
in Venice. , printed on fine handmade paper . book design by
Walter Wilkes.who signed below the colophon. Set by hand in
Garamont by Deberny & Peignot, printed by Christoph Kreickenbaum
Darmstadt Initials by Herbert Post. With 10 exquisite plates
after anatomical drawings by Imre Kocsis. folio. some small
lettering offset onto f.e.p.caused by inserted printed slip [ ST]
£85.00

[IS002098] GRAEF, H.G. And A Leitzmann,. Der Briefwechsel
Zwischen Schiller Und Goethe.. 0, 1912. In drei Baenden. Three
volumes, Leipzig, Insel-Verlag, 1912; [viii], 461, [iv], 512,
viii, 279 pp.; publisher's printed cloth-backed boards; spines
slightly embrowned and slightly rubbed at base, small hole at
base of one spine, surface damage at head of one spine, boards
faded. * First printing of this valuable edition. The whole of
the third volume is devoted to notes and indexes. From the
library of the late Margaret Wind, wife of Professor Edgar Wind,
with her small bookplate - " M.W" - on the front paste-down of
Volume I.  £18.00

[IS001091] LUDWIG, Otto,. Gesammelte Schriften.. 0, 1891. Six
volumes, Leipzig, Grunow, 1891; each volume bwtween c.300 and 750
pages, with portrait frontispiece; publisher's printed fine-grain
green cloth, red edges; spines worn at head and tail, two or
three small chips from head or tailbands, spine of Volume I
creased, and scuffed with a fragment lost, extensive pencil
annotations and notes. * First collected edition of the works of
this novelist, playwright, poet and critic. This set once
belonged to the Oxford lecturer Margaret Jacobs, with her name in
the volumes and her neat, small notes and annotations in pencil
in the margins and sometimes in the texts of the stories or plays
she has studied closely. OFFERED TOGETHER WITH: Otto Ludwig,
Briefe im Auftrage des Goethe- und Schiller-Archivs herausgegeben
von Kurt Vogtherr. Erster Band 1834 - 1847. Weimar, 1935; xvii,
[i], 290 pp., with 5 plates; publisher's plain wrappers, uncut
and partially unopened.  £25.00

[F3130] ROEHR, Johann Friedrich. Gedaechtniszpreddigt bei der
oeffentlichen Todesfeier der Hoechtseligen Frau Groszherzogin Zu
Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach Louise Geborenen Landgraefin Von
Hessendarmstadt. am Sonntage Reminiseere, den 7. Maerz 1830, in
der Haupt- und Stadtkirche zu Weimar. Mit erlaeuternden
Anmerkungen. Zweite Auflage, Weimar, Wilhelm Hoffmann, 1830,
32pp. in blank green wraapers as issued.. Small stamp on title
page. ¶*** Johann Friedrich Röhr (1777 - 1848 ) , Doktor der
Theologie, Generalsuperintendent und Oberhofprediger in Weimar.
In seinen Schriften und Predigten erklaerte er das Christentum
als reine Vernunftreligion. Roehr gilt als einer der letzten
Vertreter des theologischen Rationalismus. Dazu hielt er 1832 die
Trauerrede zur Bestattung Johann Wolfgang von Goethes in Weimar.
£8.50



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