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Der Struwwelpeter : oder, lustige Geschichten und drollige Bilder für Kinder von 3-6 Jahren / Von Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann.

Accession number
PML 86148
Creator
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1809-1894.
Published
Frankfurt am Main : Literarische Anstalt, von Rütten & Löning, [190?]
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. James Rorimer, 1997.
Notes
Cover title.
"Jubiläumsblatt zur hundersten Auflage, 1845-1876"--p. 1b.
"Druck von Aug. Weisbrod, Frankfurt a. M."--at foot of lower board.
Includes Hoffmann's essay: "Wie der "Struwwelpeter" entstand"; with process relief portrait of the author (Aus der Gartenlaube, Jahrgang 1871, Nr. 46)--Verso of leaf [1].
Color process relief illustrations.
Engraved cover title signed: X.A. Jac. Ettling.
Publisher's advertisement on lower cover.
Description
[1], 1, 1b-24 p. : col. ill., port. ; 26 cm
Provenance
From the library of Mrs. James Rorimer.
Summary
A collection of German cautionary tales in rhyming verse about some naughty children and the fates that befall them when they misbehave.
Binding
Publisher's 1/2 red cloth with tan paper boards, stamped in black..
Classification
Department