Description: Undine: A Romance and Sintram and His Companions. By De La Motte Fouqué. Illustrated by Heywood Sumner. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, the Knickerbocker Press. 1895, Knickerbocker Nuggets No. XXII. Finely bound, 384 pp + 6 pp ads, 5.75 x 3.5", 32mo. In good condition. Cloth covered boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of cloth spine lightly scuffed. Gilt deco overall bright and clean. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge deckled. Ex-libris bookplate found on front paste-down: C. Beatrice Underwood. Normal age-related toning throughout text-block; mostly to edges of leaves. Bookplate also found on rear paste-down: "Private Library of Clara B. Underwood. No. 224. 'And please return it. You may think this is a strange request, but I find that although many of my friends are poor arithmeticians, they are nearly all of them good book-keepers.' Scott." Binding tight and intact. Please see photos. Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué (1777 – 1843) was a German writer of the Romantic style. Undine is a fairytale novella (Erzählung) in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named Huldbrand in order to gain a soul. Originally published in 1811, it is an early German romance, which has been translated into English and other languages. Provenance of Clara Beatrice Underwood (1899-1990) of Illinois. Very presentable. FORN-SHELF-0740-BB-0524-HK1594
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Author: De la Motte Fouqué
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Topic: Literature
Subject: Literature & Fiction
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