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Faust, tragédie...traduite en français

Illustrated by: Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863)
Illustrated by: Achille Devéria (French, 1800–1857)
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German, 1749–1832)
Publisher: Charles Motte (French, 1785–1836)
1828
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 18 lithographs
Dimensions Overall: 44.3 x 30.5 x 3 cm (17 7/16 x 12 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession NumberBR1213
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Ch. Motte and Sautelet, 1828

Catalogue Raisonné Ray, French Illustrated Book, 143; Delteil [Delacroix] 57-74
Description(Paris: Ch. Motte and Sautelet, 1828) Folio; [2 ff.] IV, 148 pp., plus 18 plates and original lithographed paper wrappers; nineteenth-century gilt-stamped half brown calf, marbled paper boards (beige linen box).

Author portrait; illustrations to Goethe's play; decorated paper wrappers.
ProvenanceWilliam Perkins Babcock, Paris (1826-1899, painter), by whom bequeathed to MFA, June 12, 1900.