Goethe Female Characters 1880's lovely leather book w/ 22 albumen photographs Great Road of Arras gilt and blind embossed cover

gilt and blind embossed cover decorations

carefully heightened with gum arabic for artistic visual accent

The surface sheen reflects light in a most unique manner

prior to the enlargement of this harbor front area captured in the 2nd state dated 1837

A superior example

Goethe Female Characters 1880's lovely leather book w/ 22 albumen photographs Great Road of Arras gilt and blind embossed cover(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Leather Book Bindings, Literature, Portraits, Character Sketches, Goethe). Female Characters of Goethe From the Original Drawings of William Kaulbach. With Explanatory Text by G. H. Lewes. Published c. 1880's 90's, New York by Stroefer & Kirchner. 131 pages. Text in English. Profusely illustrated throughout with 22 albumen photographs, each tipped onto a card stock paper leaf outlined in red rules. Period full leather