Thursday, May 11, 2023

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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