![GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. (1749-1832). Aus meinem Leben: Dichtung und Wahrheit. Erster [-dritter] Theil. [With:] Sweyter Abteilung Erster-Sweyter Theil [‘Italienische Reise]. Auch ich in Arcadien! [And with:] Sweyter Abteilung Fuenfter Theil. Auch ich in der Campagne!. Tübingen: Cotta, 1811-1822.](https://staging.christies.com/img/LotImages/2019/CKS/2019_CKS_17705_0157_001(goethe_johann_wolfgang_von_aus_meinem_leben_dichtung_und_wahrheit_erst100349).jpg?w=1)
![GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. (1749-1832). Aus meinem Leben: Dichtung und Wahrheit. Erster [-dritter] Theil. [With:] Sweyter Abteilung Erster-Sweyter Theil [‘Italienische Reise]. Auch ich in Arcadien! [And with:] Sweyter Abteilung Fuenfter Theil. Auch ich in der Campagne!. Tübingen: Cotta, 1811-1822.](https://staging.christies.com/img/LotImages/2019/CKS/2019_CKS_17705_0157_002(goethe_johann_wolfgang_von_aus_meinem_leben_dichtung_und_wahrheit_erst100405).jpg?w=1)
![GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. (1749-1832). Aus meinem Leben: Dichtung und Wahrheit. Erster [-dritter] Theil. [With:] Sweyter Abteilung Erster-Sweyter Theil [‘Italienische Reise]. Auch ich in Arcadien! [And with:] Sweyter Abteilung Fuenfter Theil. Auch ich in der Campagne!. Tübingen: Cotta, 1811-1822.](https://staging.christies.com/img/LotImages/2019/CKS/2019_CKS_17705_0157_003(goethe_johann_wolfgang_von_aus_meinem_leben_dichtung_und_wahrheit_erst100425).jpg?w=1)
![GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. (1749-1832). Aus meinem Leben: Dichtung und Wahrheit. Erster [-dritter] Theil. [With:] Sweyter Abteilung Erster-Sweyter Theil [‘Italienische Reise]. Auch ich in Arcadien! [And with:] Sweyter Abteilung Fuenfter Theil. Auch ich in der Campagne!. Tübingen: Cotta, 1811-1822.](https://staging.christies.com/img/LotImages/2019/CKS/2019_CKS_17705_0157_000(goethe_johann_wolfgang_von_aus_meinem_leben_dichtung_und_wahrheit_erst100331).jpg?w=1)
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GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von. (1749-1832). Aus meinem Leben: Dichtung und Wahrheit. Erster [-dritter] Theil. [With:] Sweyter Abteilung Erster-Sweyter Theil [‘Italienische Reise]. Auch ich in Arcadien! [And with:] Sweyter Abteilung Fuenfter Theil. Auch ich in der Campagne!. Tübingen: Cotta, 1811-1822.
First edition of one of the most famous autobiographies in German literature. Possibly prompted by Goethe’s experiencing the death of people close to him, like Schiller and his mother, and catalyzed by the dramatic historical events of the early 1800s, this autobiography chimed with the Romantic need for introspection. Goethe began to write sketches as early as 1809. The publication occupied him for ten years, which were followed by an interruption of a decade. He completed a fourth part shortly before his death – first published in 1833 as part of a collected edition. Hagen 363.
3 parts in 2 sets of 3 volumes each, octavo (vols. 1-3: 155 x 103mm; vols. 4-6: 160 x 100mm). Typographical folding table to first vol. of second set (occasional light spotting). First set uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, flat spines decorated in gilt with contrasting lettering- and numbering-pieces; second set with first two volumes uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, flat spines decorated in gilt with green morocco lettering-pieces, last volume showing different gilding tools on the spine (head of spine to last vol. chipped, some light wear and rubbing to extremities). Provenance: unidentified recent bookplate.
First edition of one of the most famous autobiographies in German literature. Possibly prompted by Goethe’s experiencing the death of people close to him, like Schiller and his mother, and catalyzed by the dramatic historical events of the early 1800s, this autobiography chimed with the Romantic need for introspection. Goethe began to write sketches as early as 1809. The publication occupied him for ten years, which were followed by an interruption of a decade. He completed a fourth part shortly before his death – first published in 1833 as part of a collected edition. Hagen 363.
3 parts in 2 sets of 3 volumes each, octavo (vols. 1-3: 155 x 103mm; vols. 4-6: 160 x 100mm). Typographical folding table to first vol. of second set (occasional light spotting). First set uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, flat spines decorated in gilt with contrasting lettering- and numbering-pieces; second set with first two volumes uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, flat spines decorated in gilt with green morocco lettering-pieces, last volume showing different gilding tools on the spine (head of spine to last vol. chipped, some light wear and rubbing to extremities). Provenance: unidentified recent bookplate.
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