8vo. 160 pp, +13 lithographs by Karl Chylmann, illustrated Hardboards, lightly faded, weak hinges, otherwise copy clean & in very good condition, Kurt Wolff Verlag, Leipzig, 1917.

Synopsis

Hoffmann’s novella, The Golden Pot, a modern Fairytale was first published in 1814. Hoffmann regarded it as his best story (Kaiser 1988, 37), and there is wide agreement among literary scholars that it is a masterpiece of romantic literature (Feldges & Stadler 1986, 64).