More chapter headings from an very early edition in German of “Märchen aus 1001 Nacht” (One Thousand and One Nights). Illustrated by German artist and illustrator Carl Offterdinger (1829-1889). I can’t find an exact publishing date but mid 19th century and published in Stuttgart with a translation by Loewe of the French.

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“Prinz Ahmed und die Fee Pari Banou,” Chapter heading from an early edition of “Märchen aus 1001 Nacht” illustrated by Carl Offterdinger. In the public domain due to age. Scanned image courtesy of Marlen Osman. Used by permission.
“Der kleine Kadi.” Chapter heading from an early edition of “Märchen aus 1001 Nacht” illustrated by Carl Offterdinger. In the public domain due to age. Scanned image courtesy of Marlen Osman. Used by permission.
“Der Kaufmann und der Riele.” Chapter heading from an early edition of “Märchen aus 1001 Nacht” illustrated by Carl Offterdinger. In the public domain due to age. Scanned image courtesy of Marlen Osman. Used by permission.
“Abentener des toten Buckligen.” Chapter heading from an early edition of “Märchen aus 1001 Nacht” illustrated by Carl Offterdinger. In the public domain due to age. Scanned image courtesy of Marlen Osman. Used by permission.

And many many thanks to my fellow pinterest member Marlen Osman whose grandmother this book belonged to. Wishing the wonderful Offterdinger illustrations to find a wider audience, she emailed me and then sent me a file with these images and more which I’ll create posts from soon. This is the second post and I’m sorry it took so long. More coming. Two posts or maybe three. Sarah.

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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