Translated from the German by Margaret Hunt.
New York, Cupples and Leon Company, 1914
A delightfully illustrated edition from the pre-First World War golden era of book illustration.
First edition thus; 4to (250 x 200 mm); illustrated with 11 full-page colour plates and numeroous fine line drawings within the text; publisher's brown cloth with onlaid illustration to upper cover, gilt spine, which is dulled with time, with one small, faint abrasion, overall age-toning, otherwise very good-plus and internally near-fine.
First edition thus; 4to (250 x 200 mm); illustrated with 11 full-page colour plates and numeroous fine line drawings within the text; publisher's brown cloth with onlaid illustration to upper cover, gilt spine, which is dulled with time, with one small, faint abrasion, overall age-toning, otherwise very good-plus and internally near-fine.
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