GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). Faust. Eine Tragödie. Zweyter Theil in fünf Acten. Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta, 1833.

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GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). Faust. Eine Tragödie. Zweyter Theil in fünf Acten. Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta, 1833.

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GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). Faust. Eine Tragödie. Zweyter Theil in fünf Acten. Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta, 1833.

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GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). Faust. Eine Tragödie. Zweyter Theil in fünf Acten. Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta, 1833.

First edition of Faust part II. Published near the time of Goethe’s death, over two decades after the appearance of Part I, this continuation reflects a profound evolution. The plot takes up from Gretchen’s death, and sees Faust and Mephistopheles move through time and space through to Faust’s ultimate victory over evil. As Goethe remarked in his conversation with his friend Eckermann: ‘In the second part, there is scarcely anything of the subjective; here is seen a higher, broader, clearer, more passionless world, and he who has not looked about him and had some experience, will not know what to make of it’. This edition was part of the monumental Cotta edition of Goethe’s complete works. Hagen 480.

Octavo (129 x 91mm). With the advertisement leaf (some light spotting). Original boards, printed paper spine label (lightly rubbed and darkened). Provenance: evidence of removed labels.

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