Flogel's Geschichte des Grotesk-Komischen.
Flogel, Carl Friedrich, ed. Dr. Friedrich W. Ebeling.
Leipzig: Adolf Werl, 1862. 8vo. xii + 466 pp. + 1 pp. + 39 of 41 plates (incl. frontispiece; missing plates XI, XV, XVI and XXII). Gilt red spine rubbed, scraped, joints cracked, chipped 1/2" at top, library numerals at center. Boards edgeworn, rubbed. Library bookplate fpd, rpd. Foxing, perforation stamp to title page. Text in German. Comic festivals and theatrical costumes; spectacles; caricatures; grotesques; puppets; more. 13 plates in full color. Light foxing and finger soil to all plates. Plate ten is a "transformation" movable in color: "Metamorphosen der Puppenkomodie der Tetztzeit nach der Wirklichkeit aufgenommen." Three die-cut pieces mounted with ribbon flip up to transform three marionettes; near fine coondition, faint crease to last flap. Only the frontispiece has tissue guard. Fair Quarter Leather (Item ID: 12745)
$300.00
