Nov 18, 2014 - Sale 2366

Sale 2366 - Lot 124

Unsold
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
HOFFMANN, E.T.A. Meister Floh. Ein Märchen in sieben Abentheuern zweier Freunde. 8vo, original boards illustrated with sepia aquatints designed by Hoffman and executed by F.C. Thiele, minor rubbing to extremities, occasional wrinkles, rebacked, new endpapers; bookplate to front pastedown, small shelf label to rear; morocco edged slipcase. Frankfurt: Friedrich Wilmans, 1822
Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

first edition, first issue. Hoffman's police state satire. Offending the Prussian government censors, the original manuscript was confiscated, and saw publication only in bowdlerized form. Goedeke VIII, 498, 65; Salomon 173.