Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. (1749-1832). "Am acht und zwanzigsten August 1826" - SIGNED POEM. Signed printed copy of the poem celebrating his seventy-seventh birthday of the great German writer, scientist, and philosopher who takes a place among the central intellectual and artistic figures of his day. His poetry and dramatic works provided source material for Beethoven, Schubert, and Berlioz, among others. 'Am acht und zwanzigsten August 1826' ("Des Menschen Tage sind verflochten,/Die schonsten Guter angefochten ..."), signed at the foot by Goethe and inscribed "erneut ["again"] d. 28 Aug / 1830," 1 page, 8vo, decorative border, some toning, small tear at the lower right edge, mounted to another sheet, else fine. Overall size 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22.3 cm).
An uncommon signed copy of apparently the first printing of this birthday poem, entitled On the Twenty-Eighth Day of August, 1826 (Goethe's seventy-seventh birthday), consisting of three 6-line stanzas.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. (1749-1832). "Am acht und zwanzigsten August 1826" - SIGNED POEM. Signed printed copy of the poem celebrating his seventy-seventh birthday of the great German writer, scientist, and philosopher who takes a place among the central intellectual and artistic figures of his day. His poetry and dramatic works provided source material for Beethoven, Schubert, and Berlioz, among others. 'Am acht und zwanzigsten August 1826' ("Des Menschen Tage sind verflochten,/Die schonsten Guter angefochten ..."), signed at the foot by Goethe and inscribed "erneut ["again"] d. 28 Aug / 1830," 1 page, 8vo, decorative border, some toning, small tear at the lower right edge, mounted to another sheet, else fine. Overall size 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22.3 cm).
An uncommon signed copy of apparently the first printing of this birthday poem, entitled On the Twenty-Eighth Day of August, 1826 (Goethe's seventy-seventh birthday), consisting of three 6-line stanzas.