Illustrations to Goethe's Faust designed by Paul Konewka,1871.
 
Published by the Roberts Brothers in 1871.
 
A burgundy, pebbled cloth cover with bright gilt lettering and illustration on the front and spine. Some wear to the edges of the covers and spine. A small loss to the bottom of the free-front page (25x5mms) and some slight foxing only scattered through the book. The foxing is more obvious on the title page. The binding is tight.
 
There is a gift inscription in a note, dated 1870, inserted in the front of the book. Books were often released the year before their printed publication date.
 
This is a 19th-century collection of silhouette artworks. There are  18 delicate black-and-white silhouette plates interpreting Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's  play, combined with text from Bayard Taylor’s English translation. 
 
 A very good copy.