Accession number
PML 86036-37
Creator
Contessa, Karl Wilhelm Salice, 1777-1825.
Published
Berlin : In der Realschulbuchhandlung, 1816-1817.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1992.
Notes
First ed.
Vol. 1 contains p. 115/16 in both cancelled & uncancelled states, showing Hoffmann as the author of his tale, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King." This is its first printing.
Vol. 1: 271, [1] p., 3 leaves of plates, handcol., & vignettes.
Vol. 2: 249, [1] p., 3 leaves of plates, handcol., & vignettes.
Contains 6 hand-colored illustrations.
Vol. 1 contains p. 115/16 in both cancelled & uncancelled states, showing Hoffmann as the author of his tale, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King." This is its first printing.
Vol. 1: 271, [1] p., 3 leaves of plates, handcol., & vignettes.
Vol. 2: 249, [1] p., 3 leaves of plates, handcol., & vignettes.
Contains 6 hand-colored illustrations.
Description
2 v. : ill. (engravings)
Provenance
Ernst Hauswedel; Nico Israel.
Binding
Original printed, decorative publisher's boards. Most unusual, handle with care. Vol. 2 is split.
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