Wilhelm Engelmann — Mein Leben!

Geringswalde, Otto Berger, 1879. Cloth. A very scarce work on the life of Wilhelm Engelmann, bound in the lovely original blind stamped cloth with gilt detail to the front board and spine. Whilst little is known about the author of this text, the work is a fascinating example of nineteenth century German biography. Containing three public speeches, stories, and a poem to the rear of the text. This work is written in the original German. Featuring a portrait frontispiece of the author, protected by a tissue guard. In the original cloth binding with blind stamped detail to boards. Externally lovely. Minot shelfwear to extremities. Slight fading to spine. Prior owner's ink inscription to the second free-endpaper, dated '1919&apos. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean throughout, slightly age toned to edges. Near Fine . Ill.: Unnamed. Near Fine .