Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832) - Broadsheet of his poem signed
German writer, scientist, and philosopher who takes a place among the central intellectual and artistic figures of his day.
"Man's days are intertwined" - a poem by Goethe. Broadsheet of his poem “Am Acht und zwanzigsten August 1826 (On the eight and twentieth of August, 1826)”. Exellent signed in black ink “Goethe” and additional the place in his hand “Weimar”. One page, Jena: Fromann 1826 bzw. „Weimar“. 5.75 x 8.5 inch, watermark “J Whatman”. There are two variants of this broadsheet known, one with a floral border as this one, the other has an arrow motif border, Hagen 456. Goethe used these sheets to thank his closest friends for their birthday wishes. Here on the occasion of his 77th birthday. The printed poem begins: "Des Menschen Tage sind verflochten (Man's days are intertwined)”. Minor mounting residue on two corners on verso, else fine condition. Goedeke IV/3, 518 (272). Hagen 456. Kippenberg I, 103. Wilpert/Gühring 141 bzw. 134.
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