Almanach Dramatischer Spiele zur geselligen Unterhaltung auf dem Lande von A. von Kotzebue. Zweiter Jahrgang. [with 6 hand-coloured plates]
Author:
August von Kotzebue [G. M. Kraus, artist]
Publication details:
1804. Berlin bei F. T. de La Garde.
£200.00
SKU: 7405
12mo (leaf and plate dimensions 115 x 80 mm): [ii] + 247 pp + 6 hand-coloured engravings. Good, on lightly aged and spotted paper, in heavily worn original boards, with ink stain on back board. The plays included are: [1] Das Urtheil des Paris; [2] Die Tochter Pharaonis; [3] Ruebezahl; [4] Incognito; [5] Die Uhr und die Mandeltorte; [6] Sultan Bimbambum. Engraved title and six whimsical hand-coloured engravings by Mueller from the designs of the Frankfurt artist G. M. Kraus of one character from each of the plays: [1] Das Urtheil des Paris; [2] Runx; [3] Ruebezahl; [4] Suesssauer; [5] Baron Plutzig; [6] Sultan Bimbambum. Embossed stamp of D. Mulgahy, Book & Stationery Warehouse, 36 Patrick St., Cork.