Faust, Tragedie (first Delacroix illustrated edition)

Faust / Eugene Delacroix (ill)

Verlag: Paris, Ch. Motte & Sautelet, 1828

Beschreibung

"Faust, Tragédie" by Goethe, translated into French by Albert Stapfer, and illustrated by Eugene Delacroix. Paris, Ch. Motte & Sautelet, 1828 first edition iv, 148 pp. W. lithogr. portr. of Goethe (on china paper, mounted) & 17 lithogr. plates by E. Delacroix. Fol. Rebacked in later hcf. w. ill. of owrps. cut out and laid down. (Corners bumped/worn, inner margin second half (faintly) waterstained, more or less foxed throughout, some plates a bit browned). First edition with illustrations by Delacroix, also the first work illustrated by a great artist with original graphics. It marks the beginning of modern book illustration, which was then further developed and led to new heights by Manet, Redon, Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard, and later by Chagall, Derain, Dufy, Ernst, Maillol, Miro and Picasso, a.o. "Ouvrage remarquable et typique de l'époque romantique, illustration magistrale du grand Delacroix, qui est heureusement de plus en plus estimé des bibliophiles de gout" (Carteret). Good copy of the most sought after illustrated editions of the 19th century. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1686103788404

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Faust, Tragedie (first Delacroix illustrated...

Verlag: Paris, Ch. Motte & Sautelet

Erscheinungsdatum: 1828

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition.