Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke]

Pictures from the First Volume of Goethes Werke, or the Works of Göthe illustrated by leading German artists, edited by H. Dünker, Stuttgart & Leipzig, printed by Deutsche Verlagsamstalt (formerly Ed. Hallberger).

These scans were kindly sent to me by Alexey Dombrovsky. Since German copyright, sa I understand it, is life plus 90 years for identified works, some of these images may in fact be under copyright; I have tried to identify the artists from their scignatures where I can. Works by Adolf Schill (1848 – 1911) are now out of copyright, as are woks by Franz Xavier Simm (1853 – 1918), and unidentfied works are probably out of copyright.

Titlepage from Works of Goethe

Titlepage from Works of Goethe

Goethe’s Works, Illustrated by prime German artists; Edited by H. Dünker; First Volume. Stuttgart & Leipzig, [printed by] Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, formerly Ed. Hallberger. [more...]

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Decorative initial letter O with cherubs

Decorative initial letter O with cherubs

Two naked children—cherubs, or putti—are playing inside an initial letter “O” in the German Fraktur style. One boy uses a rope to pull on a decorative vertical part of the letter [...] [more...]

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Decorative initial letter B

Decorative initial letter B

An almost-naked young mang sits on a rock and plays a recorder or pipe in a forest; his dog sits next to him, and in the background a young woman approaches. There [...] [more...]

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Bucolic scene from a glade in a forest.

Bucolic scene from a glade in a forest.

A young man, topless and bare-legged, sits on a rock in a forest and dangles his feet as he plays a pipe or recorder. His dog is by his side. In the [...] [more...]

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Decorative initial letter E

Decorative initial letter E

A bee approaches a bunch of flowers tied with a ribbon in this large decorative capital “E”

The image appears to be unsigned

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Decorative page element/ornament

Decorative page element/ornament

A piece of 19th century clipart? A small decorative piece from the end of a poem.

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