Ca. 1899 Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales Complete Illustrated Victorian Edition in the Original German

Ca. 1899
Andersen’s Complete Fairy Tales
The only original German edition provided by the author himself

Rare Antique Book ~ Decorative-Cloth Publisher’s Binding ~ Exquisite Illustrations and Plates ~ Elves ~ Gnomes ~ Fairies ~ Goblins ~ Giants ~ Monsters ~ Witches ~ Magic ~ Enchanted Forests ~ Supernatural ~ Sorcery ~ Animals ~ Mermaids ~ Kings ~ Queens ~ Princes ~ Princesses ~ Demons ~ Magic ~ Occult

Publisher:
Leipzig: Ed. Wartig’s Verlag Ernst Hoppe, no date, circa 1899.

Features:
Measures 8.7 x 6.3 inches.
Original decorative-cloth publisher’s binding: Red cloth with embossed gold-gilt and black tooling and pictorial color stamping.
Textblock edges lightly marbled.
Patterned endpapers.
Eight full-page tinted plates including the frontispiece.
Many part-page pictures and vignettes throughout and an additional full-page illustration.
752 pages.

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Ca. 1900 The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow ~ Rare Antique Book ~ Exquisite Victorian-Era Art Nouveau Decorative-Cloth Publisher’s Binding Inspired by Margaret Armstrong’s Binding Design for The Rossettis

Ca. 1900

The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow
Reprinted from the Three-Volume English Edition, with Many Additions

Rare Antique Book ~ Exquisite Victorian-Era Art Nouveau Decorative-Cloth Publisher’s Binding Inspired by Margaret Armstrong’s Binding Design for The Rossettis ~ Classic Poetry ~ Embossed Gold Gilt Stamping

Publisher:
New York: A. L. Burt, no date, circa 1900.

Features:
Measures 7.5 x 5.3 inches.
Original decorative-cloth publisher’s binding: Blue cloth with embossed gold-gilt stamping of berries or grapes and vines intertwined with a gate or trellis.
Textblock top edge gilt.
Frontispiece with tissue guard.
621 pages.

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1890 Antique American Victorian Needlework Sampler by Sarah Rebecca with Embroidered Bible Proverb 22:2, Birds, Flowers, Tree, Alphabets, Numbers

1890 Sampler by Sarah Rebecca

Antique ~ American Victorian Needlework ~ Embroidery ~ Old Wooden frame

Features:
Outer frame dimensions: 15.5 x 15.5 inches.
Inner frame dimensions: 13.63 x 13.63 inches.
Colorful embroidered alphabets, numbers, tree, birds, flowers, and a biblical quote of Proverbs 22:2 “The rich and the poor meet together the Lord.”
Cross-stitches on the outer border.

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