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Faust is an original Modern Rare book illustrated by Eugène Delacroix, in full Ferdinand-Eugène-Victor Delacroix, (Charenton-Saint-Maurice, 1798— Paris, 1863), and written byJohann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832) in 1828.

Original Edition.

Published by Motte & Sautelet – Paris.

350 numbered copies.

Format: in Folio.

The book includes 148 pages, a frontispiece and 17 full page lithographs. Titlepage litho by Devéria. Large paper copy with all the lithos printed on chine and mounted to larger sheets.

Good conditions. 

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Faustis a tragic play in two parts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, usually known in English as Faust, Part One and Faust, Part Two. Although rarely staged in its entirety, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German-language stages. Faust is considered by many to be Goethe's magnum opus and the greatest work of German literature. The original 1808 German title page of Goethe's play read simply: "Faust. / Eine Tragödie" ("Faust. / A Tragedy"). The addition of "erster Teil" (in English, "Part One") was retrospectively applied by publishers when the sequel was published in 1832 with a title page which read: "Faust. / Der Tragödie zweiter Teil" ("Faust. / The Tragedy's Second Part"). 

Eugène Delacroix, in full Ferdinand-Eugène-Victor Delacroix, (Charenton-Saint-Maurice, 1798— Paris, 1863), the greatest French Romantic painter, whose use of colour was influential in the development of both Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting. His inspiration came chiefly from historical or contemporary events or literature, and a visit to Morocco in 1832 provided him with further exotic subjects.