![GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). Zur Kenntniss der böhmischen Gebirge. [In ‘Zur Naturwissenschaft überhaupt, besonders zur Morphologie’ 1. 1., Stuttgart and Tübingen: Cotta, 1817]. [Bound with:] Der Kammerberg bey Eger. [Stuttgart and Tübingen: Cotta, 1820].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2019/CKS/2019_CKS_17705_0163_000(goethe_johann_wolfgang_von_zur_kenntniss_der_bohmischen_gebirge_in_zur101055).jpg?w=1)
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GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). Zur Kenntniss der böhmischen Gebirge. [In ‘Zur Naturwissenschaft überhaupt, besonders zur Morphologie’ 1. 1., Stuttgart and Tübingen: Cotta, 1817]. [Bound with:] Der Kammerberg bey Eger. [Stuttgart and Tübingen: Cotta, 1820].
Presentation copy of a rare offprint, affectionately inscribed and signed by Goethe for the Austrian geologist Franz Riepel. It derived from Zur Naturwissenschaft überhaupt, a collection of Goethe’s natural science writings published between 1817 and 1824. The description reads ‘H. Riepel / Zu Erinnerung froehlicher und wohlgenützter Stunde[n] / Carlsbad Am 28 Aug 1818’. At the time Riepel was working on a geological map of Bohemia, which was published the following year: Goethe’s study on Bohemian mountains would have been a useful reference and an item of productive conversation between the two friends.
Octavo (185 x 110mm); (very occasional spots, minor blemishes to the gutter of last leaf, one letter of the dedication inscription trimmed by the binder). 19th-century embossed blue cloth, gilt edges, red silk bookmark. Provenance: Austrian geologist Franz Riepel (1790-1857, dedication inscription on front flyleaf) - Karl Gerbert von Hornau (bookplate).
Presentation copy of a rare offprint, affectionately inscribed and signed by Goethe for the Austrian geologist Franz Riepel. It derived from Zur Naturwissenschaft überhaupt, a collection of Goethe’s natural science writings published between 1817 and 1824. The description reads ‘H. Riepel / Zu Erinnerung froehlicher und wohlgenützter Stunde[n] / Carlsbad Am 28 Aug 1818’. At the time Riepel was working on a geological map of Bohemia, which was published the following year: Goethe’s study on Bohemian mountains would have been a useful reference and an item of productive conversation between the two friends.
Octavo (185 x 110mm); (very occasional spots, minor blemishes to the gutter of last leaf, one letter of the dedication inscription trimmed by the binder). 19th-century embossed blue cloth, gilt edges, red silk bookmark. Provenance: Austrian geologist Franz Riepel (1790-1857, dedication inscription on front flyleaf) - Karl Gerbert von Hornau (bookplate).
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