Zuccalmaglio,A.W.F.V.

Children's show. Illustrated by G(ustav) Süß. With musical supplements by H. d'Alquen. Drsdn, Meinhold & Sons (1864). Cl.4°. With 7 handcolored lithographed plates with tone plate and 6 p. music supplements. VIII, 56 PP. Bindery of the cent. with coloured on-paper illustration. cover picture. (Replaced corners, somewhat rubbed and damaged). Hobrecker, Brunswick 8570; Rümann, Illustr. books 2607; Seebaß II, 2258; Semrau, Süß 29; Wegehaupt IV, 2520. Very rare first edition. - "The 9 plays (in verse) are all about animals; in the preface Z. gives advice on costuming and staging. The successful pictures show in each case in a large medallion an animal scene and in the lower corners droll masked child figures" (A. Seebaß). - In 1870 a modified new edition with wood engraving illustrations was published (compare Klotz 7854/1 and Wegehaupt III, 3932). - Inner joints reinforced with linen.