Accession number
PML 352542
Creator
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
Published
London : Macmillan und Comp., 1869 (Leipzig : Druck von Breitkopf und Härtel)
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Notes
First issue of the first German edition, and is also the first translation of Alice into a foreign language. Cf. Lovett & Lovett.
German translation of Alice's adventures in Wonderland.
"Druck von Breitkopf und Härtel in Leipzig"--Page 178.
Library's copy housed in 1/4 red morocco over cloth slipcase with matching cloth chemise.
German translation of Alice's adventures in Wonderland.
"Druck von Breitkopf und Härtel in Leipzig"--Page 178.
Library's copy housed in 1/4 red morocco over cloth slipcase with matching cloth chemise.
Description
[12], 178 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Author's inscription in brown ink on half title page: Louisa Brown, from the Author.
Provenance
Inscribed to Louisa Barry; bookplate of Thomas and Jania Erwin; from the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Binding
Original green cloth stamped in gilt on spine and covers; front cover has vignette of Alice holding the Duchess's baby pig in gilt, back cover has Cheshire Cat in gilt; edges gilded; reddish-brown endpapers. Bound by Burn & Co. with their ticket.
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