Satiren. Parts 1- 8 in 4 vols.

Bern, (Wagner for) Beat Ludwig Walthard, 1765-66. With engr. figured title (vol. I), frontispiece (vol. III), 39 num. engravings by Karl-Gottlieb Guttenberg after Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, and 3 title-vignettes (2 signed by Holzhalb), woodcut ornaments. 8vo. Contemp. half morocco with titles on spines. Bern, (Wagner for) Beat Ludwig Walthard, 1765-66. Nice Bern edition of the popular satires by Wilhelm Rabener (1714-1771), with the charming illustrations by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (1733-1794), a pupil of Aberli. The collection was first published in 1751-55 by Dyck, Leipzig. The engravings present here correspond exactly to the instructions for the bookbinder, although Rümann mentions 40 plates and 4 vignettes. - Vol. I without typographic title as is almost always the case. _ - Wilpert/Gühring 5; Rümann 885. LITERATURE: GERMAN ; ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (BEFORE 1900) ;