Beschreibung:

15,5 : 10,5 cm. 324 pages With illustraton on engraved title, engraved frontispiece and 4 full-page engreaved plates, all richly and beautifully coloured by hand. Contemporary half cloth, spine gilt.

Bemerkung:

German translation of the popular French Robinson version for children by Madame Malles de Beaulieu, 'Le Robinson de Douze Ans' mfirst published in Paris 1818. Second edition by Trachsler at Zürich, but the first with the Leipzig adress added. The engraved plates are in exceptional fine colouring, each plate in its own way is transformed into a real work of art. All editions, both in French and German, are very rare. The earliest German edition listed by Gumuchan is a new translation from 1836, which he labels 'Tres rare'. - Occassionla some stains and a bit browned, binding a bit rubbeed. - Ulrich IV, 117 f, cf; Gumuchian 4946 (new German edition of 1836); not in NUC.