754 Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded. George Cruikshank, Apel, auth.
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.
Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.

Der Freischütz Travestie. By Septimus Globus.; With twelve etchings by George Cruikshank, from drawings by an amateur; and the original tale whereon the German opera is founded.

London: C. Baldwyn, 1824. Cruikshank and Crowkill. First Edition. Tall 8vo, 9 x 5 5/8 in. (230 x 143 mm); pp. [4], 68. 12 hand-colored etchings by George Cruikshank on Whatman paper from drawings by Crowkill. Binding by Bayntun, Bath (Bayntun Binder Bath Eng. stamped on verso of ffep), 3/4 red morocco on red cloth with gilt fillets and gilt title on spine, 2 raised bands, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Some rubbing to spine ends, faint foxing on the first plates.

[Cohn 36; Rosenbach Cruikshank/Widener, p. 90].

The scarce first edition of George Cruikshank's richly illustrated English translation of this German opera, first performed in Berlin in 1821. The play is a boisterous spoof of the William Tell story, and based on the first romantic German opera "Der Freischütz" (The Marksman) by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind, based on a story by Johann August Apel, which premiered in Berlin, June 1821. The most desirable of the four versions issued (the others on small paper, large paper, and india proofs), this light-hearted play is illustrated with exuberant, hand-colored etchings by George Cruikshank (1792 – 1878). He was know early in his career for his provocative social caricatures but gradually focused more on illustrations of English life and worked on several of Charles Dickens' novels. The Cuikshank Catalogue Rainsonné [Cohn 36] identifies the author as [Johann August] Apel and the "amateur" draftsman as [Alfred] Crowkill.

Condition: Near fine.

Item number: 754

Price: $1,800.00

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