Live auction - Lot 1000
[Children's book]
Fabelen en kleine gedichten voor kinderen.
Amsterdam, J. de Ruijter, 1803
€ 100 / 150
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Lot description
8vo: [2]-5/182 pp. (some min. spotting and staining).
Contemp. quarter calf (bumped and rubbed), gilt orn. flat spine (head and title label def.).
Nicely illustrated booklet with an engr. title and 48 engr. pl. There are 2 variants with different typesetting both with the same engraved title. Our copy contains 182 pp. and all the engravings, but not yet the engraved captions nor artists' signatures which makes us believe this is the very first edition.
Ref. KB Den Haag.