Die Schweiz wie Goethe sie sah: Eine Bildersammlung für Freunde des Dichters und der alten Schweiz.

Bodo, Willhelm (text); Perignon; Masquelier; Gessner et. al. (ill.). Die Schweiz wie Goethe sie sah: Eine Bildersammlung für Freunde des Dichters und der alten Schweiz. Leipzig: Haessel, 1922. Oblong 8vo. 53pp, followed by 133 numbered plates. 3/4 vellum over marbled paper covered boards with gilt lettering and illustration to spine. Marbled endpapers. Contains 134 numbered mounted-on b/w sketches, etchings, reproductions of oil paintings etc. by various artists (including Goethe himself), depicting images of places in Switzerland that the acclaimed German writer and key figure of German literature, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) had seen in his four visits to Switzerland. Minor scuffing, rubbing, staining to boards and spine. Some browning to page edges, not affecting text or images. Text in German, in Gothic script. In very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (15972) $95