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Pictures from the First Volume of Goethes Werke, or the Works of Johann Wolfgang von Göthe [Goethe], 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 signatures where I can. Works by Adolf Schill (1848 – 1911) are now out of copyright, as are works by Franz Xavier Simm (1853 – 1918), and unidentfied works are probably out of copyright.
Title: Goethe’s Works [Goethes Werke]
City: Stuttgard and Leipzig
Date: 1882
Total items: 22
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Titlepage from Works of Goethe]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Duenker-Goethe/wm/big/000-titlepage-q75-124x200.jpg "[picture: 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...] [$]
![[picture: Elaborate decorative initial letter ``h'' with cherub]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Duenker-Goethe/wm/big/025-detail-initial-letter-pink-h-cherub-q60-146x200.jpg "[picture: Elaborate decorative initial letter ``h'' with cherub]")
Elaborate decorative initial letter “h” with cherub
This elaborate initial letter “h” was used as an 18-line drop cap, or as a left border with an embedded initial. I have coloured the h red (or pink) to make it clearer. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Decorative initial letter O with cherubs]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Duenker-Goethe/wm/big/001-detail-initial-letter-o-cherubs-q85-174x200.jpg "[picture: 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...] [$]
![[picture: Woman with initial letter ``V'']](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Duenker-Goethe/wm/big/014-detail-initial-letter-v-q80-160x200.jpg "[picture: Woman with initial letter ``V'']")
![[picture: Decorative initial ``A'' with girl and roses]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Duenker-Goethe/wm/big/007-detail-initial-letter-a-q64-140x200.jpg "[picture: Decorative initial ``A'' with girl and roses]")
Decorative initial “A” with girl and roses
A beautiful girl stands on, and holds, a ros biar. She has flowers in her hair and carries a flower-basket. A fancy capital letter ‘A’ is in the top right. This is [...] [more...] [$]
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