Italian Journey
Pantheon Books, 1962. 4to, decorated beige burlap, burgundy and gilt titles, 509pp. First issue, limited to 2500 copies and printed for Pantheon Books at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona. Price-clipped dust jacket heavily toned and rubbed to panels, diagonal crease and small chip to lower edge of rear panel. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. A handsome gift edition of Goethe’s travelogue of his journey to Italy, which served as an aesthetic and religious awakening following romantic disappointment and occupational boredom at the age of 37. Translation and introduction by W.H. Auden and Elizabeth Mayer. 42 colour plates, 24 illustrations in black and white, 1 facsimile autograph. A very good copy in mylar.
Price: $85.00