Reiser, Karl

Sagen, Gebrauche & Sprichworter des Allgaus aus dem Munde Ses Volkes gesamelt. I und II Band

n.p., n.d., ca. late 1890s. Hardcover. Item #289833

Band I: 567 pages. Frontispiece 'Die Sage.' Band II: 764 pages. Frontispiece 'Das Kinderfelt.' B/W illustrations both volumes. One of the standard works on the Allgau region. Text in German. Later printings. Near fine copies in marbled paper over boards and moroccan leather. Edge and corner wear with some surface scuffs. Title in gilt on spines. Slight foxing to endpapers. Bookplate in each volume of de Guinzbourg, UN diplomat and noted proverb and aphorism collector.

Price: $100.00