Paper pastedowns on boards
1883 · München
by Meggendorfer, Lothar
München: Braun & Schneider, 1883. Dritte Auflage. Paper pastedowns on boards. Good. Folio, 38 by 29 cm, or 15 by 11.5 inches. 3rd ed, with first published two years earlier. 24 pp. 65 brightly colored illustrations by the master Meggendorfer and epitomizing his deceptively naive style. The twelve stories are "Der Lange Hans", "Abentheuer des Kleinen Otto", "Die Muhle im Thal", "Vom dem Braven Schmied, und von der Sauberschussel", "Von Unfolgsamen Adolf", "Die Grosse Breze", "Die Rach Eines Maurers", "Das Wespennest", "Das Steckenpferd", Die Bestrafte Neugierige", Ferdinand und Laura". With an 1895 inscription. Rebacked with red cloth. Text and brightly (truncated)