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GOETHE (JOHANN WOLFGANG VON)
Goethe's Theory of Colours; Translated from the German: With Notes by Charles Lock Eastlake, 1840; and 9 others (10)

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GOETHE (JOHANN WOLFGANG VON)

Goethe's Theory of Colours; Translated from the German: With Notes by Charles Lock Eastlake, first English edition, 4 hand-coloured plates, publisher's cloth, John Murray, 1840--SPRAT (THOMAS) The History of the Royal Society, third edition, 2 folding engraved plates, title in red and black, imprimatur leaf with engraved arms on verso, contemporary calf, spine worn, 4to, S. Chapman, 1722--FONTENELLE (BERNARD LE BOVIER DE) The Lives of the French, Italian and German Philosophers, title in red and black, later calf, spine gilt, W. Innys, 1717--SCHILLER (FREDERICK) The Robbers: A Tragedy, engraved frontispiece, contemporary half calf, vellum corners, H. D. Symonds, 1799--SCHLEGEL (AUGUSTUS WILLIAM) A Course of lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature... Translated.. by John Black, 2 vol., first English edition, untrimmed in publisher's drab boards, neatly rebacked, Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1815--LEWES (GEORGE HENRY) The Life and Works of Goethe, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 2 engraved portraits, later half morocco, gilt panelled spines, David Nutt, 1855--VOLTAIRE (FRANÇOIS MARIE AROUET) La Philosophie de l'Histoire. Par feu l'Abbe Bazin, pirated edition, ?lacking *2 (dedication?), small brown stain to fore-edges, Amsterdam, Changuion, 1765--KANT (IMMANUEL) The Metaphysic of Ethics... Translated... by J.W. Semple, first English edition, contempoary half calf, extremities worn, Thomas Clark, 1836, 8vo (10)

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