Goethe, Shakespeare, Platen, Dante Alighieri, Lessing, Nikolaus Lenau - "MASTERS OF LITERATURE" 73 VOLUMES IN GERMAN Cotta–Kröner editions - 1880

Magnificent Collection of German and World Classics in 19th-Century Historical Editions (Cotta / Kröner)

A prestigious lot comprising historical, monumental editions of the complete works (Sämtliche Werke) of great authors of German and world literature, published in Stuttgart, Germany, through the distinguished publishing partnership between J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung and Gebrüder Kröner Verlag.

Editions dating from the late 19th century (circa 1880–1890), a golden age of German bourgeois and academic publishing. During this period, the renowned Cotta press — original publisher of the great classics by Goethe and Schiller — joined forces with Kröner to disseminate critical editions prepared by leading philologists and literary historians.

Refined period cloth bindings with embossed hard covers. The spines, richly decorated with classical-style ornaments and raised bands, display gilt lettering and numbering stamped in gold, lending the collection a distinctive antiquarian character. The texts are printed in the classic Gothic typeface (Fraktur).

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List of Volumes and Authors Identified in the Lot

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Goethes sämtliche Werke (36-volume edition, edited by Karl Goedeke)
Volumes present (33 of 36): Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 (Nos. 4 and 14 are missing). Also included: A related study/biography volume: Karl Goedeke — Goethes Leben.

August von Platen — Platens sämtliche Werke (4 volumes, with an introduction by Karl Goedeke)
Volumes present (complete work): Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4.

William Shakespeare — Shakespeares dramatische Werke (multi-volume edition edited by Max Koch, translated by Schlegel/Kaufmann/Voss)
Volumes present (11 volumes): Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 (No. 11 is missing).

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing — Lessings sämtliche Werke (20-volume edition, edited by Hugo Göring)
Volumes present (13 volumes): Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18.

Heinrich von Kleist — H. von Kleists sämtliche Werke (4 volumes, edited by Franz Muncker)
Volumes present (complete work): Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4.

Dante Alighieri — Dantes Göttliche Komödie (Divine Comedy, translated and annotated by Karl Streckfuß, with an introduction by Otto Roquette)
Volumes present (complete work in 2 volumes): No. 1 (Inferno and Purgatorio) and No. 2 (Paradiso and Notes).

Nikolaus Lenau — Lenaus sämtliche Werke
Volumes present: No. 1 (Gedichte) and No. 3 (Grössere lyrisch-epische Dichtungen, Faust).

Adelbert von Chamisso — Chamissos gesammelte Werke
Volumes present: Nos. 2 and 3.

Pedro Calderón de la Barca — Calderons ausgewählte Werke
Volume present: No. 2 (Der standhafte Prinz, Leben ein Traum, Richter von Zalamea).