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Umrisse zu Goethe's Faust

Publisher J. G. Cotta German
Illustrator Moritz Retzsch German
1834
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Object Information
  • Title: Umrisse zu Goethe's Faust
  • Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German, Frankfurt am Main 1749–1832 Weimar, Saxe-Weimar)
  • Publisher: J. G. Cotta
  • Illustrator: Moritz Retzsch (German, Dresden 1779–1857 Hoflössnitz bei Dresden)
  • Published in: Stuttgart/ Tübingen
  • Date: 1834
  • Medium: Etchings
  • Dimensions: Overall: 9 1/2 x 13 9/16 x 3/8 in. (24.2 x 34.5 x 1 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1935
  • Object Number: 35.65.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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