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799 - Fairy Tales and Legends
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Estimate €200 - €300

Description

Fairy Tales and Legends Bechstein, Ludwig The Treasury of Legends and the Legendary Circles of Thuringia. 4 vols. With an engraved title page. Hildburghausen, Kesselring’sche Hofbuchhandlung, 1835–38. 8°. Contemporary paper covers with hand-painted decorative borders and speckled edges (rubbed and bumped). Contains: I. The Legends of Eisenach and the Wartburg, the Hoerseelberg and Reinhardsbrunn. - II. The Legends from Thuringia’s Early Days, of Ohrdruf and the Inselberg. - III. The Legends from Thuringia’s Ancient Times, of the Three Sisters, the Schneetopf and the Thuringian Henneberg. Along with a treatise on the ethical value of German folk legends. - IV. The legends of Kiffhäuser and the Güldene Aue, the Werra Valley, and of Liebenstein and Altenstein. - Margins browned and foxed. Overall in good condition. 4 vols. With an engraved title. Contemporary cardboard binding with handwritten spine labels and speckled edges (rubbed and bumped). - Margins browned and foxed. Overall in good condition.

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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM

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799 - Fairy Tales and Legends See original version (German)

799 - Fairy Tales and Legends
See original version (German)