Hunde und Katzen. Erzählungen und Anekdoten, als Beiträge zur Charakteristik…

8vo (181 × 94 mm), pp. viii, [9]-128. Light browning throughout. Contemporary pale blue wrappers. Corners a little creased, a few chips to wrapper, but a good copy.

First edition. A rare little collection for animal-lovers, with over 60 anecdotes illustrating the characteristics of dogs (mainly) and cats, with titles such as ‘The faithful poodle’, ‘Siberian sledge-dogs’, ‘The surgeon and the dog’, ‘Strange punishment by a poodle’, ‘Remarkable rescue by a dog’, ‘The hunting dog’, ‘The life and times of a pomeranian’. For cat lovers, there are stories such as ‘The amusing education of a cat’ (from Campe’s Kinderbibliothek) and ‘The prisoner and the cat’. Worldcat locates copies at College of William & Mary (VA) and Staatsbibliothek only.