Adelbert von Chamisso; John Bowring [translator] — Peter Schlemihl

London, Hardwicke & Bogue, 1878. Leather. A translated edition of this novella from Adelbert von Chamisson, with illustrations by George Cruikshank. Illustrated with frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. The tale of Peter Schlemihl who sells his shadow to the Devil for the gold sack of Fortunatus only to find that those without shadows are shunned by society. Written by Adelbert von Chamisso, a German poet, writer, and botanist whose family fled France during the French Revolution and settled in Berlin. Translated by Sir John Bowing, a British political economist, traveller, writer, translator, and the fourth Governor of Hong Kong known for the Bowring Treaty of Siam. Illustrated by George Cruikshank, a British caricaturist and book illustrator. Previously held in the library of John Lewis F.S.I.A. an English printer, illustrator and collector. Bound in quarter straight grained morocco with cloth boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Previous owners' bookplates to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: George Cruikshank. Very Good .