[COLERIDGE SAMUEL TAYLOR] Faustus from the German of Goethe

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[COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR.] Faustus: from the German of Goethe. Half-title. Engraved portrait frontispiece, and the list of plates at the end with the errata printed on the verso. 8vo, contemporary 1/4 tan cloth over blue boards, recently rebacked, soiling to boards; hinges repaired, contents show moderate foxing, heaviest to front and end matter. London: Boosey & Sons, 1821

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first english edition, preceding that with the inclusion of the 28 plates by Henry Moses after Retsch. The anonymous translation was originally credited to George Soane, but literary scholarship revealed in 2007 that Coleridge was the actual translator.