Goethe's Female Characters

William Kaulbach; G. H. Lewes.

Verlag: Frederick Buckmann, Munich & Berlin, 1868

Beschreibung

A beautiful and scarce collection of illustrated plates of Goethe's Female characters from William Kaulbach. Illustrated frontispiece with portrait of Goethe. Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1805 -1874) was a German painter, noted mainly as a muralist, but also as a book illustrator. His murals decorate buildings in Munich from Louis I ambition to turn Munich into the German Athens. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. The women studied are Adelheid, Gretchen, Leonora and many more, all complimented by explanatory texts from G. H. Lewes. In a morocco binding. Externally, very smart with blindstamped detailing to board. Both hinges reinforced with cloth tape. Internally, it has been rebacked, preserving the original boards. Generally firmly bound with pages bright and clean, though slight spotting to first few pages. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LTH20-F-9

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Goethe's Female Characters

Verlag: Frederick Buckmann, Munich & Berlin

Erscheinungsdatum: 1868

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Very Good

Art des Buches: book