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First edition, illustrated by Henry Ritter
First edition, illustrated by Henry Ritter
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Author: Irving, Washington
Title: Selections from the Works of Washington Irving
Place Published: Leipzig
Publisher:F. A. Brockhaus
Date Published: 1856
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xiv, [2], 276 pp. Steel-engraved frontispiece portrait, numerous illustrations in the text by Henry Ritter and William Camphausen. (4to), 27½x18 cm. (10¾x7"), period quarter morocco, marbled boards with matching edges and endpapers, gilt decorations and lettering. First Edition.



Eighteen stories from The Sketchbook, Bracebridge Hall and Tales of a Traveller, handsomely illustrated by the Canadian-born Henry Ritter, who lived mostly in Germany, and who died before he completed this work. It was subsequently finished by William Camphausen.


Henry Ritter's fine sketches are very much in the school of F.O.C. Darley. A scarce book. BAL 10362; OCLC records five copies in North America (Yale, NYPL, Redwood, Texas & Wis) and two in Germany.

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Some rubs and abrasions to binding; bookplate, front hinge partly cracked, slight foxing; a very good copy.
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