Title (Gothic typeset): Peter Schlemihls | wundersame Geschichte | Mitgeteilt | von | Adelbert von Chamisso | {publisher’s device} | — | Im Insel-Verlag zu Leipzig ||
Series: Insel-Bücherei, Nr. 194.
Pagination: 8vo; [1, 2] 3-79 [80]; 4 photomechanical reproductions of woodcuts by Adolf Schrödter [1838] within collation.
Binding: 18.5 x 12.5 cm, hardcover, original patterned paper over cardboard, title label in yellow and black pasted to cover, label to spine.
According to Herbert Kästner Die Insel-Bücherei: Bibliographie, 1912 - 1999: 4 illustrations by Adolf Schrödter, produced for 1838 edition as wood engravings here reproduced by photogravure. There were four print runs of this edition: 1916: 1.-10. Tsd; 1923: 35. Tsd; 1940: 55. Tsd. There is currently no way to tell which one is this.
Contributors:
Chamisso, Adelbert von (German, 1781–1838) – author.
Schrödter, Adolf (German, 1805 – 1875) – artist.
Additional Information
| Collection | Library , Literature |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | Early 20th century |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
| Subject | 19th century , Devil , Didactic fiction , Fiction , German literature , Germany , Literature , Shadowless man |
| Series | Insel-Bücherei |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1916 , 1923 , 1940 |
| Binding | Cardboard , Hardcover , Paper |
| Acquisition year | 2020 |
![Adelbert von Chamisso. Peter Schlemihl's wundersame Geschichte / mitgetheilt von J. E. Hitzig. — Nürnberg: J. L. Schrag, [1839].](/media/thumbs/lib-1100.2016-b-scaled-1.jpg?v=400)
