Der Bar und der Mond [The Bear and the Moon]

[Reinhardt, Karl]. DER BAR UND DER MOND [THE BEAR AND THE MOON]. Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe; London: Trubner & Co.; Paris: A. Franck, 1855. FIRST EDITION. 8vo - 9-11/16" X 7-13/16". Gray paper backed gray paper pictorial wrappers with titles and decoration printed in black to front wrapper, and decoration printed in black to back wrapper, with minor edge wear, minor wear and pinch creasing to spine, slight toning to edges, a 1" closed split to upper joint of front wrapper and biographical information on the author/artist penciled to upper margin of front wrapper for what is still a very attractive copy of the book. [i], 20 pp. Written and illustrated by Karl Reinhardt (1818-1877), this German language book is a satire on the Crimean War, disguised as a children's book, with the various parties represented by different animals; illustrated with a hand-colored title page, thirteen pages with hand-colored illustrations within text and four full page hand-colored illustrations; internally clean with the stray single spot of foxing to just a few pages. The condition of the book is VERY GOOD +. SCARCE #001054