Item #23361 The Song of the Bell; Translated By William H. Furness With 32 Illustrations After Original Paintings By Alexander Liezen Mayer And With Vignettes Ornamental Borderings, etc;. Friedrich von Schiller.
The Song of the Bell; Translated By William H. Furness With 32 Illustrations After Original Paintings By Alexander Liezen Mayer And With Vignettes Ornamental Borderings, etc;

The Song of the Bell; Translated By William H. Furness With 32 Illustrations After Original Paintings By Alexander Liezen Mayer And With Vignettes Ornamental Borderings, etc;

Munich & New York: Theo. Stroefer & Geo. Kirchner & Co., 1879. Hardcover. 55 pages. 32 x 24.5 cm. Thirty black and white plates including seven fine engraved full-page plates, original paintings by Mayer, all with tissue guards. The original vignettes, ornamental borderings by Rudolf Seitz. Title page printed in red and black with an extra illustrated title page. William H. Furness was an American clergyman, abolitionist, theologian and reformer. This ballad was a favorite of Schiller's -- the story of the casting of a large bronze bell, and its affects on the lives of the people. Elaborate gilt front cover and spine designs in floral motifs, rubbing to corners. Orig. publisher's green cloth gilt stamped covers, yapp edges. Aeg. Near fine. Item #23361

Price: $225.00

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