The Marvellous Adventures and Rare Conceits of Master Tyll Owlglass

Description

1st US. 12mo. Hardcover. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt spine decorations, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. 18×12.5×2.7 cm. Ticknor & Fields. Boston. 1860. 255 pp. 6 full-page color plates, Numerous vignettes. Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. Very good, light wear to covers. Scarce first American edition of this English translation of old German tales of Eulenspiegel, a legendary peasant trickster and practical joker. Bright chromolithograph plates. weight: 1.0 lb.