Goethe-Gallerie. Nach Original - Cartons von Wilhelm v. Kaulbach. Mit erlauterndem Text von Fr.

Spielhagen. Munchen - Berlin: Friedr. Bruckman Verlag, 1880s. Luxurious gift edition Goethe Gallery interprets female characters in great German poet J. W. Goethe"s (1749 - 1838) oeuvre and in his creative development. Sctructurally this is an album of 22 phototype engravings by famous German graphic artist and painter Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1821-1902) with Fr.Spilhagen"s comments. Each illustration is given in fancy frame на отдельной врезке. Wonderfully relief and blind stamped Dermatin bindings, fancy miniatures on covers and spine. Composite endpapers, all edges coloured, 28.5х38cm., in satisfactory condition: slight soiling and fraying. In German. From N.А.Peshkova library. The edition is of artistic and collection value.