BECKER, Karl Friedrich

Erzählungen aus der alten Welt für die Jugend

Halle: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1878. Octavo (19cm). Quarter red cloth with decorated paper boards, stamped in black and gilt on spine, all edges lightly marbled; with original dull green typographic dust jacket and cardboard box with printed paper label; [xx],718,[2]pp; 2pp of publisher's ads at rear; 3 steel engravings and 10 wood engraved plates. With a few small external smudges and occasional spots to paper, small loss to upper corner of half-title but otherwise Near Fine. Jacket lightly rubbed, dulled on spine, with one inch-long tear and a few tiny chips at head and tail: Very Good. Box moderately rubbed and scuffed, with one joint cracking: Good.

German collection of folktales, with the original 1878 dust jacket and protective box, in an unusual state of preservation. A printed note on the box with the title also states "Ohne diese enveloppe wird kein exemplar zurückgenommen!"--i.e., "No copy will be taken back without this envelope!" In fact, the Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses (Orphanage Bookshop) is still in operation and is one of the oldest bookstores in Germany, having been established in 1698.

Price: $450.00

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