c1905 Struwwelpeter Or, Merry Stories and Funny Pictures

Description

Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Illustrated with twenty-four pages of colour images. An English edition of Der Struwwelpeter or 'Shock-Headed Peter', an 1845 German children's book that comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each tale has a clear moral lesson that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. Written and illustrated by Heinrich Hoffmann, a German psychiatrist, who also wrote some short fiction, and is best known for this work. Dated from the British Library and University of Oxford Libraries.