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an open book with a drawing of a woman walking in the woodsan open book with a black cover and a white background
Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

1345 - Arnim, Gisela von
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Estimate €200 - €300
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Description
Arnim, Gisela von Three Fairy Tales. I. The Little House. II. From the Papers of a Sparrow. III. The Moon King’s Daughter. New edition. With 2 lithographed title pages and 9 lithographed plates by Gisela and Maximiliane von Arnim, M. von Olfers and H. Grimm. Berlin, Arnim, 1853. 5 leaves, 70 pp. 2 leaves, 84 pp. 30 pp., 1 leaf. Small 8°. Contemporary cloth binding with gold-stamped title (buffed; the cloth on the upper front cover is slightly wavy). Goed. VI, 89. – Rümann 33. – Seebaß I, 84. - First collected edition of the fairy tales, which had recently appeared in their 1st and 2nd editions, in the title edition with outline lithographs that are partly late-Romantic and partly whimsical and satirical. - With the library stamp of the alchemist Alexander von Bernus (1880–1965) on the title page. - Title page with a handwritten note pasted on, some pages slightly foxed, otherwise a good copy. With 2 lithographed title pages and 9 lithographed plates. Contemporary cloth binding with gilt-stamped title on the spine (bumped; cloth of the upper cover somewhat wavy). - Title page bearing the library stamp of the alchemist Alexander von Bernus. - Title page with a handwritten note mounted on it; partially foxed, otherwise a good copy.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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