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The English Struwwelpeter, or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures For Little Children

Author Written and illustrated by Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann German
Publisher Friedrich Volckmar German
Publisher The German Literary Society British
[1860s]
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Object Information
  • Title: The English Struwwelpeter, or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures For Little Children
  • Author: Written and illustrated by Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann (German, 1809–1894)
  • Publisher: Friedrich Volckmar (Leipzig)
  • Publisher: The German Literary Society (London)
  • Date: [1860s]
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching, hand colored
  • Dimensions: 10 5/16 x 8 x 3/16 in. (26.2 x 20.3 x 0.4 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Frederic F. Durand, 1933
  • Object Number: 33.39.115
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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