8vo. 128 pp, (1), original illustrated boards, 37 drawings by Wolfgang Born, previous owner’s bookplate verso front cover, light foxing to outer edges, remainder of shop security tag on lower endpaper, otherwise copy clean & in very good condition, Musarion Verlag Munchen, 1922.

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.