[Rarebooks] FS: "Ondine" w/early chromolith illustrations. Leipzig: 1857

[Kenneth Karmiole]

La Motte-Fouque, Baron Frederic de. ONDINE. Conte Traduit de l'Allemand par La Baronne Albertine de la Motte-Fouque Nee Tode. Avec Huit Stampes Imprimees a l'Huile Chez J. G. Bach, Imprimeur Lithographer a Leipzig. Leipzig: Heinrich Matthes. 1857. 4to. (8),105,(1)pp. Illustrated with 8 chromolithograph plates. Publisher's deluxe full calf binding stamped in blind & gilt. Pictorial gilt stamped front cover, signed by the artist, C. A. Hensel. A.e.g. A near fine copy with very minor rubbing at spine & edges.    $300.00 (trade discount allowed)
One of the earliest books illustrated with chromolithographs in Leipzig. The work was dedicated to "Madame Victoria, Princesse Royale de la
 Grande-Bretagne."

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