Author: Gete, I. V. fon (Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von)
Title: Favst. Trahediia. Persha Chastyna (Faust. A Tragedy. Part One)
Description: Kyiv-Viden, Vernihora, 1919. First Ukrainian edition, 1 of 10 000 copies; 9 x 6 1/4; pp. [5], 6-136; rebound in black leatherette over boards and 3/4 brown cloth; gilt title to front board; portrait frontis and 12 black and white illustrations; two small bumps to top and bottom edges of front board; text block very slightly wobbly; a tiny nick to upper corner of first few leaves; small, penciled-in gift inscription to margin of first plate; very good condition. A beautiful, first Ukrainian edition of the first part of Goethe's Faust, it was translated by poet, educator, publicist, and member of the organization of revolutionary writers Zakhidnia Ukraina Dmytro Zahul (1890 - 1944). Accused of nationalism, Zahul was arrested in 1933 and sentenced to 10 years of hard labor at a Kolyma camp. He died there in the summer of 1944. The illustrator of the book, Alexander von Liezen-Mayer, nee Sandor Liezen-Mayer (1839 - 1898) was a Hungarian-German artist and illustrator, best known for his cycle of illustrations for Faust, which brought his initial fame, as well as drawings for works of Shakespeare, Schiller, etc. Very good .

Keywords: Classics, German


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