280:. The new house provided sufficient space for Goethe's large library and art collection. When the house was sold in 1795, it was recorded that Goethe's library contained approximately 2000 volumes, amongst them legal and historical works, ancient and contemporary literature in several languages, travelogues and theological works. Goethe's art collection consisted entirely of contemporary works by Frankfurt artists; no inventory of the collection has survived. Goethe also collected plaster casts of antique sculptures as well as minerals.
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After around 1770, Goethe gradually lost his mental facilities. In 1779, he suffered a stroke, followed by a second in 1780. Goethe was paralysed after this second stroke, and died on 25 May 1782. He left his son Johann
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238:("My Journey Through Italy" in English), in which he detailed the cities, buildings and objects he encountered on his travels. At the end of 1741, Goethe returned to his native Frankfurt, where he had owned two adjoining
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525:"The Eighteenth Century"
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