Die Schildbürger für Jung und Alt wiedererzählt von Gustav Schwab; mit zehn farbigen Originalholzschnitten von Alexander Müller
Munich: Georg W. Dietrich, 1922. Hardcover. 50, [2] p.: color frontispiece and 9 color plates; 28 cm. Burgundy cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; gilt-ruled border on front board. Kleinodien der Weltliteratur, Buch 22. Printed by the Roßberg'sche Druckerei in Leipzig; the color woodcut illustrations were produced by the Graphische Kunstanstalten F. Bruckmann in München; bound by Julius Hager in Leipzig. No date of publication. The publisher's series Kleinodien der Weltliteratur appears to have been issued in the 1910s and 1920s; 1922 is the year assigned in library records for this title. The amusing stories of the residents of Schilda as edited by Gustav Schwab (1792-1850), with striking woodcut illustrations by Hans Alexander Müller (1888-1962). First edition. In Near Fine Condition: cover very lightly soiled; pages and plates are clean and bright. Near Fine. Item #003951
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