Impressive limited edition of Goethe's West-Östlicher Divan, a collection of lyrical poems inspired by the 14th-century Persian poet Hafez and Goethe’s correspondence with Marianne von Willemer. This edition, edited by the distinguished scholar Katharina Mommsen, features the facsimiles of Goethe's original manuscripts (volume 1) with a transcription and extensive commentary (volume 2).
Limited edition of Goethe's West-Östlicher Divan, edited by Katharina Mommsen
€ 175,00Price
Johann Wolfgang Goethe & Katharina Mommsen (ed.). West-Östlicher Divan. Volume 1: Eigenhändige Niederschriften (Handschriften); volume 2: Einführung, Transkription und Kommentar.
Frankfurt, Insel Verlag, 1993.
2 volumes. 214; XXIV, 288. Original publisher's red cloth in slipcase (36 x 23,7 x 6 cm). Number 299 of 1000 numbered copies. Very good condition.