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Puss in boots, and the Marquis of Carabas : a pure translation from the original German

Title: Puss in boots, and the Marquis of Carabas : a pure translation from the original German / Illustrated with twelve original designs by Otto Speckter ; engraved by Lossing.
Publication: New York : D. Appleton & Co., 200 Broadway ; Philadelphia : George S. Appleton, 148 Chesnut [sic] St, 1845.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KH 1845 Tieck 14-88	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Description

62 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill.; 17 cm

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Genre/Form

Juvenile literature – New York (State) – New York – 1845.

Note

Variant states noted: one state has a frontispiece of the cat trying on his boots and a comma after "Speckter" on title page; another state has a frontispiece of the cat in the kitchen and a comma after "Speckter" on title page; another has a frontispiece of the cat in the kitchen and no comma after "Speckter" on title page. The frontispiece plate is conjugate with the added illustrated title plate. Copy in *KH is the first variant.
On p. 51, plate IX wrongly identified as "Plate VI."
"Puss in boots. Description of the plates."--p. [25]-62.

Provenance (note)

Inscribed: in graphite, on free upper end leaf, "A. H. Childs" ; in ink, on free upper end leaf, "Amedina H. Childs Dec. 25. 1844."

Binding (note)

Bound in publisher's gilt and blind stamped tan cloth boards with gilt vignette on upper board.

Call Number

*KH 1845 Tieck 14-88

OCLC

191236645

Title

Puss in boots, and the Marquis of Carabas : a pure translation from the original German / Illustrated with twelve original designs by Otto Speckter ; engraved by Lossing.

Imprint

New York : D. Appleton & Co., 200 Broadway ; Philadelphia : George S. Appleton, 148 Chesnut [sic] St, 1845.

Provenance

Inscribed: in graphite, on free upper end leaf, "A. H. Childs" ; in ink, on free upper end leaf, "Amedina H. Childs Dec. 25. 1844." NN

Binding

Bound in publisher's gilt and blind stamped tan cloth boards with gilt vignette on upper board. NN

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Added Author

Tieck, Ludwig, 1773-1853. Gestiefelte Kater. English.

Appleton, George Swett, 1821-1878, publisher.

Speckter, Otto, 1807-1871, ill.

Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John), 1813-1891, engraver.

D. Appleton and Company, publisher.

Children's Room Collection.

Research Call Number

*KH 1845 Tieck 14-88

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