780 - Ostini, F. v.

Ostini, F. v. The Little King. A fairy tale in twelve illustrations by Hanns Pellar. Munich: Dietrich (1909). Quarto. With 12 gold-edged, color lithographic plates by H. Pellar. 2 leaves, 24 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. (Bindings broken, repaired, and reinforced.) Seebaß II, 1424. First edition. Published in the series “Dietrich’s Munich Artists’ Picture Books.” - “This picture book by the Viennese artist Hanns Pellar (1886–1971), created in Munich and featuring unusually vivid colors, reveals the influence of Gustav Klimt as well as that of Pellar’s teachers Lefler and Stuck.” — Some pages slightly stained; first plate with repaired Margin tear. - ╔Included: Caspari, G. and W.╗ The Seasons. 5th–8th ed. Leipzig, Hahn, n.d. Title page missing. - ╔Ibid.╗ Kinderland, You Magical Land. 11th ed. Ibid. - ╔Wenz-Vietor, E.╗ Slaughtering Pigs, Making Sausages: Oink, Oink, Oink! 85,000–98,000 copies. Oldenburg, Stalling. - ╔Schlitt, H.╗ Stoffel and the Naughty Boys, a Boys’ Story. Reutlingen, Ensslin & Laiblin. Some pages loose; several tears that have been poorly glued. - ╔Neureuther, E.╗ Marginal Illustrations for Goethe’s Ballads and Romances. Booklets 1–4 (of 5) in 1 vol. Stuttgart, among others, Cotta 1829–30. — 6 vols. in total.