(CONTANT D'ORVILLE, A.-G.).MareMagnum
SCHREIBER, HeinrichBiblio.com
Taschenbuch für Geschichte und Alterthum in Süddeutschland.
Best.-Nr. 000480Freiburg im Breisgau: Adolph Emmerling. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. 4 individual volumes 1839 1840 1841 and 1844 of this annual periodical handbook of southern German history and folklore which was published between 1839 and 1846. The 1839 volume is re-backed preserving the original publisher's blue paper boards with a decorative title printed on the front cover. The volumes for 1840 and 1844 are bound in early blue paper boards; the 1840 volume is re-backed and the 1844 volume is carefully strengthened along the hinges. The volume for 1841 is bound in brown cloth. Both the 1841 and 1844 volumes contain the remnants of original paper spine labels and also paper institutional shelf tickets. The boards and extremities to all volumes show some rubbing wear and spotting. Personal bookplates present on inside front covers; institutional blind stamp on title pages and two other leaves in each book; a shelf number is handwritten on the bottom margin of the second leaf in each volume. Pages are generally clean but with some light scattered foxing; occasional leaves are uncut; the volume for 1839 is untrimmed; the upper corner of the final leaf in the 1840 volume shows some wear - a couple small marginal tears and a tiny hole are neatly sealed. Contents include interesting articles on local historical events; superstition and folklore; Celtic Germanic and Roman antiquities folk songs Volkslieder and folk tales; church and reformation history etc. Three of the volumes contain fold out plates depicting Celtic antiquities manuscript and sheet music facsimiles a land chart showing ancient graves and an ancient wall in the Alps. Adolph Emmerling hardcover
Robert McDowell Antiquarian Books · Vereinigte Staaten525,00 $≈ 469,04 €
