*Faust. Eine Tragödie. Erster Teil*
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1014
Author
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Title
Faust. Eine Tragödie. Erster Teil
Statement of responsibility
Typography and page design by Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke; woodcuts by Walther Klemm
Place of publication
Dachau
Publisher
Einhorn-Verlag
Series
Einhorn-Drucke
Printer
Not identified
Date
1919
Imprint (isbd)
Dachau: Einhorn-Verlag, 1919
Language
German
Edition
Illustrated edition
Alternative title
Faust. Erster Teil
Original work
Faust. Eine Tragödie
Original language
German
Print run
Commercial illustrated edition
Collation
217 pages
Illustrations
Original woodcuts by Walther Klemm, including a frontispiece
Maps
None
Format
Large octavo (8vo)
Dimensions
22 × 16 cm
Typographical signatures
Not identified
Paper type
Laid paper
Watermarks
Not identified from the available images
Printing condition
Letterpress printing in black ink on laid paper; high-quality Fraktur typography with sharp impression and uniform inking.
Binding type
Publisher's half vellum binding over boards covered with green paper.
Colours
Dark green and natural vellum.
Decoration
Front cover lettered in gilt with the title Faust; publisher's unicorn device printed in the preliminary pages and at the colophon.
Spine
Natural vellum spine with the letter “F” stamped in gilt.
Content description
German edition of the first part of Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It includes the preliminary texts Zueignung (Dedication), Vorspiel auf dem Theater (Prelude in the Theatre) and Prolog im Himmel (Prologue in Heaven), followed by Der Tragödie erster Teil. The work is illustrated with original woodcuts by Walther Klemm and features an elegant typographical design by Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke. The volume concludes with the colophon Ende des ersten Teils.
Note 1
Entirely printed in traditional Fraktur type.
Note 2
Preserves the original woodcut frontispiece by Walther Klemm.
Note 3
Bears the publisher's unicorn device (Einhorn-Drucke) in the preliminary pages and at the end of the volume.
Note 4
Preserves the original publisher's half vellum binding.
Note 5
Date established through bibliographical comparison with other surviving copies of the illustrated Einhorn-Verlag edition designed by Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke and illustrated by Walther Klemm.
Main subject
German literature
Subsubjects
Drama; tragedy; German classical literature; German Romanticism; Goethe; illustrated books; wood engraving; Faust legend.
Shelfmark
1014
Condition
Good overall condition. Minor signs of wear to the binding; complete, clean and well-preserved interior.
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Copy of the illustrated Einhorn-Verlag edition. It preserves the original woodcut frontispiece, the publisher's original devices, the publisher's half vellum binding with green paper-covered boards, and the original laid paper.