Title: Lessing-Galerie: Charaktere aus Lessing's Werken Author: Friedrich Pecht Description: Cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering on front. Spine cocked; wear along spine edges. Previous owner's name on ffep. All pages show a dampstain on the upper fore-edge corner (not affecting text or images). Thirty plates on heavy stock, each with tissue guard. Each engraving has an accompanying four pages of commentary on the character. [vi, 120] pp. 11.25 x 8.5 inches. Dreissig Blatter in Stahlstich mit erlauerndem Texte. Includes portraits of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (the frontispiece), his spouse Eva Konig, and twenty-eight characters that appear in the five plays: Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Minna von Barnhelm, Emilia Galotti, and Nathan der Weise. Binding: Hardcover Condition: Good Jacket Condition: None Publisher: F. A. Brockhaus Place: Leipzig Year: 1868 Language: German ISBN: n/a Keywords: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Gotthold Lessing, engravings, characters, plays, Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Minna von Barnhelm, Minna of Barnhelm, Emilia Galotti, Nathan der Weise, Nathan the Wise,