Author: Lange, Eduard, Adolph Menzel.
Title: Die Soldaten Friedrich's des Grossen [Friedrichs des großen]. 31 Holzschnitte von Adolph Menzel. [WITH 31 HAND-COLOURED PLATES].
Description: Leipzig, Seemann, 1923. Hardcover. Crown quarto. Pp. 16, (xiii). Illustrated tinted title-page. Plus hand-coloured frontispiece and 30 other hand-coloured plates (31 in total). Set in Gothic type. HARDCOVER, bound in the original illustrated boards, top bit faded, a scratch on back cover. In a very good condition, fine interior. ~ First published in 1853, this beautiful later edition brings all the plates in one section with explanatory notes at the end. Issued uncoloured, this particular copy has been beautifully hand-coloured by later hand in accordance with the 1853 edition, and bears witness to the craftsmanship of old times. [Descriptive text Copyright Librarium, The Hague] H-1 .

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