Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), Was wir bringen. 1802

GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832). Was wir bringen. Vorspiel, bey Eröffnung des neuen Schauspielhauses zu Lauchstädt. Tübingen: Cotta, 1802.

First edition, published to celebrate the opening of the Goethe Theatre in Bad Lauchstädt. Goethe’s piece, a prologue, was followed on that occasion by a performance of Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito by the ensemble of the Weimar Court Theatre. The verse ‘Warum nocherschallen…’ had appeared in 1802 in the journal ‘Zeitung für die elegante Welt’. Kippenberg I, 379; Hagen 285.

Octavo (177 x 114mm). Uncut and unopened in contemporary wrappers. Provenance: unidentified recent bookplate.

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