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"Der Herriedener Laubfrosch" ("The Herrieden tree frog") -- Whimsical Folk Almanac with Anthropomorphized Frog

Wurzburg, Germany: Stahel [?], 1876. A whimsical folk calendar and almanac published in Germany in 1876, themed around a humorous anthropomorphized frog. Content includes calendar and astrological information; important religious holidays; farming and weather forecasting; conversion tables; humorous stories and poems; cartoons; puzzles and amusements. Title page features a large image of a frog in spectacles on a walk in the countryside at night, and there are humorous in-text illustrations throughout related to the content. Single vol. (9" by 7"), approx. 50 pp., illus., in original illus. wrps., lower wrapper lacking, possibly lacking a leaf or two but unconfirmed. Ink stamp to upper wrapper. Poor. Paper toned and extremely brittle, with chipping and some loss, to wrappers as well. Lower wrapper lacking, at least one leaf loose.

Price: $175.00

Item #23014902