Chamisso, Adelbert von [Chamisso, Adelbert de] (German, 1781–1838) Hitzig, Julius Eduard [Itzig, Isaac Elias] (German-Jewish, 1780–1849)
Title page (in Gothic script): Peter Schlemihl's | wundersame Geschichte | mitgetheilt | von | Adelbert von Chamisso. | {vignette} | Nach des Dichters Tode neu herausgegeben | von Julius Eduard Hitzig. | Stereotypausgabe mit Holzschnitten. | Nürnberg, | Johann Leonhard Schrag. ||
Pagination: [i-iii] iv-xvi, [1] 2-82 [2], 15 woodcut vignettes by Unzelmann after Menzel.
Collation: 8vo; π8 1-58 62.
Binding: 21.5 x 13.5 cm, blind olive wrappers.
Year of publication inferred from the foreword. This is the first posthumous edition of Chamisso's novel.
Personae:
Chamisso, Adelbert von (German, 1781 – 1838). — Author of the text.
Hitzig, Julius Eduard [Itzig, Isaac Elias] (German-Jewish, 1780 – 1849). — Author of the foreword.
Menzel, Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von (German, 1815 – 1905). — Artist of the vignettes.
Unzelmann, Friedrich Ludwig (German, 1797 – 1854). — Engraver of the woodcuts.
Schrag, Johann Leonhard (Germany, 1783 – 1858). — Publisher.
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 19 AD , Mid-19th century |
| Country | England , Great Britain , UK |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Woodcut |
| Language | German |
| Subject | 19th century , Devil , Didactic fiction , Fiction , German literature , Germany , Literature , Shadowless man |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus |
| Binding | Softcover , Wrappers |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1839 |
| Size | 21.5 x 13.5 cm , 8vo |
| Acquisition year | 2016 |
![Adelbert von Chamisso. Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte. — Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, [1916–1940].](/media/thumbs/lib-2497.2020-a-scaled-1.jpg?v=400)
