Peter Schlemihl
By: from the German of Lamotte Fouqué ; with plates by George Cruikshank.
Contributors: La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de, 1777-1843.; Bowring, John, Sir, 1792-1872.; Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.; Glenquoich, Edward Ellice, former owner.; Rosenwald, Edith Goodkind, donor.; Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Geo. B. Whittaker
Published: 1824
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 165
Other titles: Peter Schlemihl.
Notes: Translation of Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte.
Translated by Sir John Bowring from the German of Adelbert von Chamisso. La Motte Fouqué was the editor of the original work. Cf. BLC, v. 183, p. 139.
LC copy apparently lacks a half title. Cf. description of identically paged 1st ed. in A. M. Cohn's George Cruikshank, a cat. raisonné. 1924. entry 475.
LC copy has bookplate: Edward Ellice Glenquoich.
Source: Bequest of Edith G. Rosenwald, Jan. 23, 1989.