Rare FAIRYTALE Christmas Tree, Christ Child, Gnomes, Mother, Late 1800s German Children Book, Friedrich Gerstacker, hotsell Illustrations, Fraktur

an old GERMAN CHILDREN BOOK -

the Fairytale of how hotsell the CHRISTMAS TREE came into being

"WIE DER WEIHNACHTSBAUM ENTSTAND"
the travels of a young boy through phantasy land, through tropics and North Pole, with little people gnomes, to save his mother and the big reward by the Christ Child at the end.

a fairytale by FRIEDRICH GERSTACKER, 1816-1872, a German novelist and traveler (who btw wrote a lot
about Arkansas!)

Written in Fraktur font, illustrated by HANS COSTENOBLE, with 6 full page color plates

published by Hermann Costenoble, Jena, Germany
no publication date, presumably late 1800s

Size 6 1/2 x abt. 9", with 153 pages, clean, no markings or tears, light pencil notation on free endpaper
"Frauenverein der Zionskirche" women's organization of the Church of Zion.
The front gutter is lightly shaken.

Chocolate brown covers embossed with Gold and Black showing the Christ Child and gnomes as well as the title and author
In good condition

Rare