Faust - 2 Volume Set

FAUST

1875; J. Goeth, Bayard Taylor; Boston, James R. Osgood; Original Leather; Prelims, 463/356 Pages; w4.8"xh7"; Rare!

ATTRIBUTES:

Two Beautiful/Original marble cover designs with leather binding/corners, pretty gold floral bindings with green/black labels, marble end pages/page edges, some woodcut headings/endings, and a Great Classic; Complete in Two Volumes!

SUMMARY:

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour. He is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language, his work having a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary, political, and philosophical thought from the late 18th century to the present day.

Faust is unsatisfied with his life as a scholar and becomes depressed. After an attempt to take his own life, he calls on the Devil for further knowledge and magic powers with which to indulge all the pleasure and knowledge of the world. In response, the Devil's representative, Mephistopheles, appears. He makes a bargain with Faust: Mephistopheles will serve Faust with his magic powers for a set number of years, but at the end of the term, the Devil will claim Faust's soul, and Faust will be eternally enslaved.

CONDITION:

Good/Good+.