GOETHE (Johann Wolfgang von). The Sorrows of Young Werther. New translation. Paris : printing house of P. Didot l'aîné, 1809. - In-8, marbled calf, gilt roulette on the boards, smooth spine decorated, marbled edges (period binding). Second edition of the French translation by Henri Huchet, comte de La Bédoyère (1782-1861), of Goethe's first novel, which was extremely successful at the time of its publication in 1774. The first French version was published in 1776, in a translation by Baron Karl Siegmund de Seckendorf. Other French translations followed, one of the most esteemed being that of La Bédoyère, which was first published in 1804. The edition is illustrated with three copper-engraved plates after Moreau le jeune. A copy in contemporary binding, enriched with a portrait of young Werther engraved after a painting by Boilly. It would in fact be the portrait of the painter's son. White marks on the binding, small crack at the hinges. Corners dulled and missing. Scattered foxing.