Göschen's "cheap" reprint of his 8 v. ed. of Goethe's works published in 1787-90.

Vols. 1-2 dated 1787; vols. 3-4 dated 1791.

Engraved title vignettes from the 8 v. ed.: in v. 1, weeping angel and Cupid from v. 1; in v. 2, scene from Stella, from v. 4; in v. 3, Egmont's dream from v. 5; in v. 4, Jery and Bätely, from v. 7.

Vol. 1 of JHU set includes leaves from 2 of the 3 recorded printings of this vol. Cf. Hagen, W. Die Gesamt- und Einzeldrucke von Goethes Werken, p. 9. In gathering * the conjugate leaves *¹ and ⁵ are from printing S²γ, and the tipped in leaf ⁴ is from printing S²α. Gathering A is from the printing S²α, and gathering Z from S²γ.