28.5 x 20.5 cm. 1523 pages. Dark green original morocco bindings on five ribs, spine titles on red leather labels, gilt box, gilt vases on the lid, book covers with triple fillet gilt, corners decorated with laurel branches, central cover vignette inlaid in red leather, richly decorated with foliage and dotted stars, centered by an antique-style vase, hand-engraved capital, gilt head edges. - The most beautiful edition of Goethe's poems of the 20th century. Printed as an annual gift for the members of the Maximilian Society in 300 copies on handmade Zanders laid paper. This copy is particularly elaborately and decoratively bound. Immaculately preserved.