Taschenbuch für das Carneval. Le carnaval ou representation d'une collection d'habits de masques. Erstes Jahr (= all published).
Leipzig, Leo, 1804.
Small 8vo. 31, (1) pp. With 12 coloured engraved plates by F. W. Nettling. Original boards.
€ 4,500.00
Only edition of this extremely rare almanack in German and French parallel text. The charming plates by the Leipzig miniaturist and illustrator Nettling (cf. Thieme/B. XXV, 400) show mardi-gras costumes in splendid colour.
Occasional insignificant brownstaining. Defects to front cover.
References
Köhring 111. Not in Lanckoronska/R., Lipperheide, etc.