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Village Tales from the Black Forest. Translated from the German by Meta Taylor by Auerbach, Berthold
- Bookseller: Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC,ILAB
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 648
- Edition: First English edition.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: David Bogue,
- Place: London:
- Date published: 1847.
- Pages: [xvi], [1]-396, 4 pp. ads.
Description
London: : David Bogue, , 1847. . First English edition. . 8vo, . Illustrated with 4 plates by John Absolon. brown embossed cloth. Boards soiled, corners bumped and spine ends rubbed, name on titlepage else very good. Translated from the original Schwarzwälder Dorfgeschichten Auerbach was a German novelist, and a native of the Black Forest. His career as a writer was established by the publication in 1843 of his "Village Tales from the Black Forest" and this was followed by a number of other popular novels. He became the virtual founder of the peasant-story genre in German. (Columbia Encyclopaedia).
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
soiled : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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