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Title: The Idler&Apos;S Progress: Illustrated in the Life of a Young German Nobleman
Description: London, William Tegg and Co. c1885. Cloth. A humorous tale in verse about a spoiled German nobleman, lavishly illustrated throughout in colour, a very scarce work. A humorous tale about a spoiled little rich boy named Hans who grows up and squanders his wealth, reduced to selling matches for a living. Written in verse and published in the nineteenth century.Lavishly illustrated throughout, in colour. In the publisher's original pictorial binding. Undated, dated using WorldCat and JISC. A very scarce work. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding and pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, darkening to the boards and bumping to the spine and extremities. A few marks to the rear board. A small amount of splitting to the cloth at the head of the spine. Internally, binding has failed, pages 1 to 32, and 35 and 36 are detached but present. A few spots and handling marks to the pages. Fair . Ill.: Not Stated. Fair .

Keywords: humour german nobleman hans german verse Not Stated


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