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GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). West-oestlicher Divan. Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta, 1819.
First edition, rare first issue before corrections, of a collection of lyric poems based on the works of the 14th-century Persian poet Hafiz. Goethe first encountered Hafiz in 1814 in J. von Hammer-Purgstall’s German translation, also published by Cotta. Intending for the collection to enact a dialogue between the poetry of the East and the West, the cycle also captures his deep personal feelings for Marianne Willemer. ‘The work is the culmination of Goethe’s interest in oriental poetry and thought […] it represents his closest approximation to Romanticism and influenced a number of writers associated with the Romantic movement’ (Garland, p.935). Henry and Mary Garland. The Oxford Companion to German Literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976; Hagen 416.
Octavo (184 x 102mm). Engraved frontispiece and title, with the two cancel leaves for pp.7-10 bound into the final quire (occasional spotting). Contemporary red calf, elaborate gilt borders to covers, spine and turn-ins, moiré silk doublures.
First edition, rare first issue before corrections, of a collection of lyric poems based on the works of the 14th-century Persian poet Hafiz. Goethe first encountered Hafiz in 1814 in J. von Hammer-Purgstall’s German translation, also published by Cotta. Intending for the collection to enact a dialogue between the poetry of the East and the West, the cycle also captures his deep personal feelings for Marianne Willemer. ‘The work is the culmination of Goethe’s interest in oriental poetry and thought […] it represents his closest approximation to Romanticism and influenced a number of writers associated with the Romantic movement’ (Garland, p.935). Henry and Mary Garland. The Oxford Companion to German Literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976; Hagen 416.
Octavo (184 x 102mm). Engraved frontispiece and title, with the two cancel leaves for pp.7-10 bound into the final quire (occasional spotting). Contemporary red calf, elaborate gilt borders to covers, spine and turn-ins, moiré silk doublures.
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