Absolutely outstanding 1st Edition 1885 5 Volume set of Goethe's works.  Matching five volume set with bound brown three quarter leather and gilt lettering and design on cover and gilt lettering and decorations and five raised bands along spine.  Pages, leather covers, and gold gilt are all in very good condition.  These books look to be 5 years old rather than 135+.  Dimensions 11.5" x 8.25". Binding and hinges tight and square; three gilt edges.  Vol. I Poems (281pp); Vol II - Dramas (358pp); Vol. III - Dramas (345pp); Vol. IV - (373pp); Vol. V (375pp). All in VG condition except for Vol. III in which there is some water damage in rear 50 pages not impacting illustrations. Each volume is richly illustrated with numerous extremely high quality engravings.  Extremely heavy set weighing in at over 26lbs.

These books are listed on another site in worse condition for $1900. This is a very rare opportunity.

Johan Wolfgang von Goethe is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language, his work having a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary, political and philosophical thought from the late 18th century to the present day.

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