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1962 Italian Journey
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Description
Folding Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
A charming edition of Johann Wolfgang Goethe's Italian Journey, translated by esteemed poet W.H. Auden and respected translator Elizabeth Mayer. Published in 1962 by Collins.
In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Contains all forty-two beautiful colour illustrations, twenty-four black and white illustrations, and 1 folding facsimile autograph of the Fifth Roman Elegy. Collated complete.
Often considered to be the most influential intellectual in European history, Goethe's Italian Journey was an intended quest for artistic and personal inspiration. On his journey, Goethe does not only share with us the lovely jewels of Italy, but he also communicates his own profound thoughts in masterful fashion.
Goethe's Italian Journey is perhaps the most remarkable example of the Grand Tour phenomenon that has captured many to this day.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, in excellent condition. Dust wrapper is mostly smart, with the occasional mark. Slight scratches to the front and one on the spine. Signs of shelf wear to wrapper, with a small closed tear to bottom edge and a chip to top edge near head of wrapper spine. End papers are bright and clean, with very faint sings of browning at top edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a small mark to leaf pp.413-414.
Near Fine
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