DELACROIX. GOETHE (Johann Wolfgang von). Faust, tragedy by M - Lot 17

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DELACROIX. GOETHE (Johann Wolfgang von). Faust, tragedy by M - Lot 17
DELACROIX. GOETHE (Johann Wolfgang von). Faust, tragedy by M. de Goethe, translated into French by M. Albert Stapfer. Decorated with a portrait of the author, and 17 drawings composed after the main scenes of the work and executed on stone by M. Eugène Delacroix. A Paris, chez C. Motte, et chez Sautelet, 1828. Large folio, [2] f., IV-148 p., fr., pl., contemporary midnight-blue half calf, 5-rib spine, gilt author and title, ornate caissons, name stamped on tail, marbled edges, minor restorations (some rubbing to spine, jaws superficially cracked; scattered foxing). An exceptional copy: this is the work of the landscape painter and orientalist Omer Hippolyte Ballüe (1820-1867). It is printed on large wove paper. A famous book, considered to be the first painter's book. "A remarkable work, typical of the Romantic period, a masterly illustration by the great Delacroix, which is fortunately increasingly esteemed by tasteful bibliophiles..." (Carteret). The illustration consists of 18 original lithographs by Eugène Delacroix: a frontispiece portrait of Goethe and 17 plates. First edition of this illustration. The lithographs bear the address of the printer C. Motte. Carteret's usual format for the work is 430 x 292 mm, this copy measures 520 x 335 mm. Condition detail: the lithographs are printed on Chine appliqué, with variations in paper quality. Most are on very white or gray Chine; a few are on very fine, slightly yellow paper. The first plate is trimmed short at the foot without affecting the text; for the 11th, the caption is printed on the backing paper. Provenance: O. H. Ballüe (name stamped on spine). (Carteret III, 270).
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