Goethe – Die Leiden des jungen Werther 1918

Goethe – Die Leiden des jungen Werther [The Sorrows of Young Werther]. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1918. Fourth edition. 17 × 11 cm. Contemporary half-calf rebinding with marbled boards and gilt-ruled spine, plain endpapers. Illustrated with full-page copperplate engravings reproduced from 18th-century editions, printed on inserted plate leaves. German text in Fraktur type. A handsome early 20th-century Insel edition of Goethe’s seminal Sturm-und-Drang novel, attractively bound in period style with decorative marbled paper sides. Condition: Binding solid; leather lightly rubbed at joints and extremities; boards with minor edge wear Small closed tear at upper front hinge. Pages clean with mild age-toning. Engravings crisp and well-preserved. Inv. Ho10