4to. 62 pp, (1), German text, illustrations by Wilhelm Stumph, 5 colour plates hors text, modern marbled boards, title vignette, copy clean & in very good condition, Holbein Verlag, Munchen, (ca 1914).

Synopsis

Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann (1776 – 1822), better known by his pen name E.T.A. Hoffmann, was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist.
Hoffmann’s stories were very influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement.