Hoffmann

rif. 35451 — München: Holbein-Verlag No Date. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Quarto. 140pp. 16 color plates with tissue guards. Original brown paper-covered boards with green Jugenstil decor and gilt lettering on cover green on spine. Illustrated title page head- and endpieces initials. Three tales by Hoffmann: Die Brautwahl Rat Krespel Die Fermate Ritter Gluck Die Abenteuer der Sylvester-Nacht all with illustrated title pages. Beautifully illustrated with 16 reproductions of watercolors and b/w head- and endpieces as well as in-text drawings by Wilhelm Stumpf. Text in German Gothic print. Binding lightly rubbed with light wear along edges and small closed tears and small chips at head and tail of spine. Starting at browned and lightly stained front endpapers. Binding in overall good- interior in very good condition. Holbein-Verlag hardcover books