Hoffman (Ernst Theodor Amadeus): Prinzessin Brambilla, ein capriccio nach Jakob Callot, Breslau, Josef Max, 1821, 8vo, first edition, 8 aquatint engravings by C.F. Thiele after Callot (light spotting, later leaves damp-stained at lower outer corners) , modern boards with parts of the original wrappers laid down. [Wilpert/Guehring 568.21]

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Hoffman (Ernst Theodor Amadeus): Prinzessin Brambilla, ein capriccio nach Jakob Callot, Breslau, Josef Max, 1821, 8vo, first edition, 8 aquatint engravings by C.F. Thiele after Callot (light spotting, later leaves damp-stained at lower outer corners) , modern boards with parts of the original wrappers laid down. [Wilpert/Guehring 568.21]

拍品专文

Hoffman, one of the last of the German Romantics, was fascinated by the art of Callot. In Princess Brambilla, Callot's figures of the Commedia dell' Arte are introduced into a fairy-tale.