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Title: Die kleinen Freunde, Album. For our young friends. Des petits amis. De los amiguitos. Van de kleinen Vrienden.
Description: [publisher not identified], s.d / n.d. (ca. 1845), 14x17 cm., 18 planches en couleurs / coloured plates with titles in Russian language on top of the plates & 4 titles below the plates, taches par-ci par-là, cartonnage , titre orné sur le plat devant (traces d'usage et taches). Romantic boards, used, spine ends with small loss. 1 illustr. in colour on 2nd cover. ¶ Depicted are games of blind man's bluff, shooting out with fingers, sledding, marching military-style, crab hunting, hide-and-seek, etc. etc. with a few scenes of juvenile apprehension. As if to underscore the universality of childhood experience, the captions are rendered in four languages: French, German, Italian and English. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Gumuchian 291 (indicates 18 plates).

Keywords: youth jeunesse children's books, children's book l-enfant