Goethe, Faust Bookmark (Embellished Manuscripts Collection)

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 1832) was the greatest poet, writer, and dramatist in German literature. Reproduced here is a handwritten dialogue between Faust and Mephistopheles from Goethe s manuscript of Faust, Part II, and on the back cover is an engraving of the two characters by German illustrator and draftsman Julius Nisle.