Accession number
PML 89078
Creator
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1809-1894.
Published
Philadelphia : Porter & Coates, [187-?]
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
Collection of thirty-seven stories in rhyme translated from original German verses by Heinrich Hoffmann supplemented with additional poems written and illustrated in imitation of them, cf. Lapides.
Numerous engraved illustrations, including t.p. vignettes, handcolored by using stencils. All un-signed.
"Maisy Crie & M.D.C. Christmas 1870"--inscription in black ink on fly-leaf.
Numerous engraved illustrations, including t.p. vignettes, handcolored by using stencils. All un-signed.
"Maisy Crie & M.D.C. Christmas 1870"--inscription in black ink on fly-leaf.
Description
[94] p. : handcol. ill. (engravings) ; 26 x 19 cm
Provenance
Maisy Crie, inscription ; from the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's purple calico-grain cloth, blocked in gold and blind, with beveled edges and yellow endpapers.
Classification
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