1881 - Collection of Biedermeier children’s books

Collection of Biedermeier children’s books five volumes, first half of the 19th century, including *Der technologische Jugendfreund oder Unterhaltsame Wanderungen in die Werkstätte der Künstler und Handwerker ...* (The Technological Friend of Youth, or Entertaining Excursions into the Workshops of Artists and Craftsmen ...), by Bernhard Heinrich Blasche, Part 2, published by Wilmans, Frankfurt am Main, 1805, size 8°, viii and 282 pp., 12 copperplate engravings depicting workshop scenes and illustrations of tools, featuring *The Locksmith*, *The Potter*, *The Hat-maker*, *The Tanner*, *The Paper-maker* and *The Printer*; in a contemporary cardboard binding, in good condition for its age with normal signs of wear; also including works for young people by Christoph Schmid, volumes 11-13, Mausberger, Vienna (1824); *One Thousand and One Nights*, by Alexander König, volumes 5-8 and 13-16, Wigand, Leipzig 1841; all with copperplate or steel engravings; also *Stories for Children and Friends of Children* by the author of *The Easter Eggs*, Volume 4: *Gottfried, the Young Hermit*, Regensburg 1838; variously bound and preserved, bindings mostly damaged.