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London:: William Pickering,, 1844.. old red leather, gilt spine; a.e.g.. Old ink ownership signature; some rubbing to the extremities of the leather; tight and sound.. 12mo,. Illustrated from engravings..
THE WHITE LADY AND UNDINE. Tales From the German. By The Hon. C.L. Lyttelon. by VON WOLTMANN, C [Caroline] and FOUQUE, Baron Frederick de la Motte. LYTTELTON, The Hon. C.L.. [translator] - 1859.
by VON WOLTMANN, C [Caroline] and FOUQUE, Baron Frederick de la Motte. LYTTELTON, The Hon. C.L.. [translator]
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THE WHITE LADY AND UNDINE. Tales From the German. By The Hon. C.L. Lyttelon.
by VON WOLTMANN, C [Caroline] and FOUQUE, Baron Frederick de la Motte. LYTTELTON, The Hon. C.L.. [translator]
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London: Bell and Daldy, Fleet Street., 1859.. Early Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Early edition, the first edition of this translation and collection was published in 1844. 12mo, original green cloth stamped in blind on upper and lower covers, spine panel titled and decorated in gilt, brown coated endpapers. Nicely illustrated throughout. Faint evidence of a bookplate removed from the front paste-down, a fine, bright copy.
¶ Collects two German Supernatural Fantasy stories. A lovely book.
¶ Collects two German Supernatural Fantasy stories. A lovely book.
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- Publisher Bell and Daldy, Fleet Street.
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1859.
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The White Lady and Undine: Tales from the German.
by [VON WOLTMANN, C.; LA MOTTE FOUQUE]
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The White Lady and Undine Tales from the German
by C. Von. Woltmann; Friedrich de la Motte Fouque
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London: William Pickering, 1844. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 5". Unnamed. A scarce first edition copy of this English translation of two famous romantic German tales, 'The White Lady' and 'Undine'. Translated into English by C L Lyttelton, 'The White Lady' and 'Undine' are two well known stories by German writers Karoline von Woltmann and Friedrich de la Motte Fouque. 'Undine' is La Motte Fouque's most notable work and is a fairy-tale in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a soul. 'The White Lady' is a story based upon the legend of the White Lady Ghost, said to haunt castles of several European aristocratic families. Featuring a bookplate of a 'Henry Lloyd Gibbs' tipped to the front pastedown. In a lovely half polished calf binding with marbled paper boards, and endpapers. In a half polished calf binding with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Externally, lovely with minor shelfwear to extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages…
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