Bertuch,F.J.
Picture book for the use and pleasure of youth. 4 vols. of the series in 2 vols. Vienna, Bauer (c. 1815). 4°. With 196 (of 200, mostly coloured) copper plates. Old boards. d. (Somewhat warped, rubbed, and bestowed.). Brüggemann/Ewers 86. cf. Wegehaupt 137. - The volumes of the Vienna reprint of the Weimar original edition of Bertuch's "Bilderbuch für Kinder" each contain a half-volume of the first edition. Text German u. French. - Available: Vol. 11-12 (compl. with 100 plates), Vol. 3-4 (in 2nd edition), lacking 4 plates. - Somewhat spotted, 1 plate loose, 1 text leaf underl. (with loss of text). - In vol. 3-4 some text leaves erroneously numbered and connected.
