1848 1ed Occult Fairy Tales Das Kloster Scheible

1848 1ed Occult Fairy Tales Das Kloster Scheible Superstitions Fischart Flohatz

‘Das Kloster’ is a 19th-century collection of tales and stories compiled by Johann Scheible. These books are some of the most popular books of occult texts, folklore, fairy tales, superstitions, and famous legends, including the tale of Faust!

This tenth volume, published in 1848, includes Johann Fischart’s “Flöhhatz, Weibertratz, Ehezuchtbüchlein, podagrammisch Trostbüchlein”. Fischart was a 16th-century German satirist whose 1573 book describes a bizarre battle between a woman and fleas!

Item number: #8837

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SCHEIBLE, Johann

Das Kloster. Weltlich und geistlich. Meist aus der Ältern deutschen Volks-, Wunder-, Curiositäten-, und vorzugsweise komischen Literatur

Stuttgart : Verlag des Herausgebers, 1848.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

[8], 982, [2]

Numerous woodcuts in the style of 16th-century masters

Provenance: Bookplate

Franz Pollack Parnau

Language: German

Binding: Vellum; tight & secure

Size: ~6in X 4.5in (16cm x 11cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent.