398 - Löhr, Johannes Andreas Christian. Amusements and Jokes for Our Children. 2 volumes. With 2 engraved title pages featuring a colored vignette and 12 colored copperplate illustrations. Leipzig, Fleischer, 1805/08. 1 leaf, VI, 146; 158 pp., 1 leaf. 20 x 16 cm. Modern paperboard bindings; the engraved and colored cover illustrations are intact; in Volume II, the spine has also been reupholstered (slightly rubbed, minor edge damage).

Löhr, Johannes Andreas Christian. Amusements and Jokes for Our Children. 2 volumes. With 2 engraved title pages featuring a colored vignette and 12 colored copperplate illustrations. Leipzig, Fleischer, 1805/08. 1 leaf, VI, 146; 158 pp., 1 leaf. 20 x 16 cm. Modern paperboard bindings; the engraved and colored cover illustrations are intact; in Volume II, the spine has also been reupholstered (slightly rubbed, minor edge damage). A single edition; complete, with colored plates and the largely preserved cover illustrations—rare. - HKJL IV, 560 - Rümann 233 - Wegehaupt III, 2238 (Vol. I only) - Seebaß II, 1179 (engraving for Vol. I only). - A reading and puzzle book carefully illustrated by Rosmaesler with charming genre scenes, featuring increasing levels of difficulty appropriate for the child’s age. Noteworthy is the unusually small quarto format, which allows the child-friendly font size and the plates to stand out particularly well. Includes a personal preface by Löhr to the publisher. - Text in the first volume has foxing; in the second, it is slightly yellowed and has fingerprints; the first and last leaves are partially reinforced along the fold. Vol. II, pp. 87–88 feature a large, supplemented sketch with some text loss; the final page (table of contents) has slight fraying along the narrow margins. Some plates are slightly stained along the wide margins; otherwise, the book is clean and retains its original, carefully preserved coloration.