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Der Struwwelpeter, oder, lustige Geschichten und drollige Bilder : für kinder von 3-6 Jahren / [von Heinrich Kinderlieb]

Accession number
PML 84819
Creator
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1809-1894.
Published
Frankfurt am Main : Literarische Anstalt (J. Rütten), [1846]
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Miss Julia P. Wightman, 1985.
Notes
"Heinrich Kinderlieb" [Hoffmann] appears on the first leaf, with the alternate (original) title, and the introductory poem.
According to recent studies, the illustrations from the second edition through the twenty-fourth are from wood engravings made from the original lithographs. See the article by Hans Ries in "Struwwelpost 13" (2007), p. 17-20.
Cover title.
Illustrations are handcolored.
Printed on one side of the leaf only.
The first ed. published with the title Struwwelpeter, and the 2nd to include 8 poems.
Description
20 leaves : ill. ; 24 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Publisher's printed pink boards, in folder.
Classification
Department