Hoffmanns Erzählungen. Die schönsten Erzählungen E. T. A. Hoffmanns mit Bildern von Wilhelm Stumpf

Hoffmann, E. T. A. Hoffmanns Erzählungen. Die schönsten Erzählungen E. T. A. Hoffmanns mit Bildern von Wilhelm Stumpf. München: Holbein-Verlag, No Date. First edition. Quarto. 140pp., 16 color plates with tissue guards. Original brown paper-covered boards with green Jugenstil decor and gilt lettering on cover, green on spine. Illustrated title page, head- and endpieces, initials. Three tales by Hoffmann: Die Brautwahl, Rat Krespel, Die Fermate, Ritter Gluck, Die Abenteuer der Sylvester-Nacht, all with illustrated title pages. Beautifully illustrated with 16 reproductions of watercolors and b/w head- and endpieces as well as in-text drawings by Wilhelm Stumpf. Text in German, Gothic print. Binding lightly rubbed with light wear along edges and small closed tears and small chips at head and tail of spine. Starting at browned and lightly stained front endpapers. Binding in overall good-, interior in very good condition. g- to vg. Hardcover. (35451) $95