Munchen & Berlin: Friedr. Bruckmann, ca. 1870s. Folio, 19 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. (486 x 362 mm). Illustrated with 14 mounted albumen prints of paintings after August von Kreling, as well as numerous in-text illustrations and head- and tail-pieces, also by Kreling. Publisher's full tan morocco, four metal corner pieces and 6 circular metal portrait onlays, boards elaborately decorated in relief and in gilt; all edges gilt; patterned endpapers; scattered light foxing to text and plates.

A fantastic and elaborately bound edition of Faust's classic, with numerous illustrations by German sculptor and painter August von Kreling.