West-Oestlicher Divan

Stuttgard: in der Cottaischen Buchhandlung, 1819. First edition, second printing. Few light spots of foxing to first and last leaves, top edge a bit dusty, still a very nice, largely untrimmed copy.. 8vo, 556pp; handsome later three-quarter vellum and marbled boards. The first printing of Goethe's great cycle of Sufi-inspired verses is exceedingly scarce. The second printing, as here, is distinguished by corrected text on pages 7 and 9, doubled pagination of pages 399-400 and missed pagination on pages 495-496. A very appealing copy, including its famous engraved frontispiece evoking Persian calligraphy.