SAMMLUNG VON FABELN UND ERZAHLUNGEN aus vaterlandischen Dichtern. Ein Geschenk für die Jugend. (A Present for Youth).

Berlin, Winckelmann und Sohne, (1833).. Edition unknown (1833), German text, small 8vo, 165 x 106 mm, 6½ x 41/8 inches, spine neatly taped long ago with dark red cloth, buff boards with black decorative border and lettering to upper cover, lower board with same border and floral vignette, pages: iv + 92. Beautiful HAND COLOURED frontispiece of a little girl being shown a caged siskin. 15 other very attractive nicely hand coloured plates, some for fables, some accompanying poems. A collection of fables and stories from national poets. 72 poems many of which are on animal subjects in the manner of fables, some merely on animals and some unconnected. Corners and board edges slightly worn, free endpapers front and rear neatly removed, neat name on front pastedown, vertical binding crease to title page with 3 mm (1/8") closed tear at top, neatly repaired on reverse, occasional light foxing or browning, not affecting plates, some pale margin fingermarks, ink word in child's hand in 1 margin, slight small stain to a couple of text pages. A good copy of a charming uncommon children's book (2 copies only located, both in German libraries, not in Die Bilderwelt). First published undated in 1833, we could not establish whether or not it was reprinted. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.