V. M. Zhirmunskii (Editor)
Legenda o Doktore Fauste.
Moscow: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1958. Literaturnye pamyatniki. First edition. 517 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 7.25" x 9", is bound in dark green cloth, with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Book displays light shelfwear. Binding is cracked at title page. Interior is clean and without markings. Illustrated with plates, including facsimiles. Errata slip tipped in at rear.
This Russian-language critical study has as its aim to trace the creation and development of the German legend of Faust, based on an analysis of historical documents and literary works, to its re-elaboration by Johann Wolfgang Goethe as an impetus for world literature. This work contains essays and commentary. 
Bibliographical references included in "Primechaniya" (p. [506]-571)