Karrikatur-Allmanach auf 1801
By: Lichtenbergs Nachlass ; mit 9 hogartschen Karrikaturblaettern
Contributors: Vollmer, Gottfried Dietrich Leberecht 1768-1815, publisher; Vroom, Willem, former owner
Publisher: bey Gottfried Vollmer
Published: 1801
Place of publication: Mainz und Hamburg
Language: ger
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Pictorial German wit and humor; Caricatures and cartoons
Description: A collection of caricatures after William Hogarth, presented in the form of a two-part "almanac" for the year 1801 and supposedly extracted from the unpublished works of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799). The first part pillories a range of public figures, from priest to bookseller, writer, city elder, prophet, etc. The second part gives a range of characterisations of different forms of love. Accompanied by hand-colored illustrations, these caricatures include 'young love,' 'miserly love,' 'elderly love,' and 'Jewish love,' among others.
Notes: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early sheepskin; spine panelled and tooled in gilt, with red leather label; all edges sprinkled blue and red; bookplate of Willem Vroom tipped in at front.