/Hans Witzig, illustrator.

Der Kinder im Schlaraffenland (Cockaigne)

Zürich: Hans Witzig, 19-27 thousand, 4th printing; (circa 1940); white boards with children eating fruit and cakes, yellow cloth spine, printed by the Institut Orell Füssli, Zürich; oblong 31.5 x 22. German Language hardback oblong.

The medieval tale of the land of Cockaigne, the land of plenty, retold. The children are lured away by a crazy donkey to a magical kingdom with endless food, (this version also includes an out of control school but the children are generally quite well behaved) and finally returned to their parents. This has a different cover but has the illustrations of the second printing which were redrawn by the same artist with more modern, and slimmer, children.

CONDITION: Very Good Plus; no names, boards darkening but clean, corner tips lightly bumped, pages bright and unwrinkled. Item #22279

Price: $110.00

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