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Lot 452
. Tübingen and Stuttgart: J. G. Cottaischen Buchandlung, 1811-12-14-16-17-22. First editions. Six volumes, modern half calf, marbled sides, original yellow top edges. 6 x 4 inches (15 x 10 cm); xii, 515, [1] pp.; [ii], 573 pp.; [ii], 538 pp; 448 pp.; 444 pp.; [2], 505, [1] pp., the folding plate present. Minor toning and occasional foxing, generally a clean set.
Section 1, Parts I-III and Section 2, Parts I, II and V, all published by Cotta of the first edition of this important autobiography of Goethe. Section I contains the three parts published during the author's lifetime of Poetry and Truth (the fourth part was published posthumously in 1833). Section 2 contains Goethe's Italian journeys (a third part was issued in 1829 as part of his complete works). The Cotta family, father and son, were publishers to Goethe, Schiller, and many others
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