Condizione: Very Good. Illustrated by SPRITZWEG, CARL COVER ART DER ARME POET (illustratore). VG Cond Box; ***NOTE**COVER ART SHOWS OLD MAN IN BED, BLACK UMBRELLA OVERHEAD.SUROUNDED BY OLD BOOKS. ****(this is not the 3 women cover art) ; 419ps pages; lawyer by day and a creator of a world of fantasy by night, Hoffman (1776-1822) lived a Jekyll and Hyde existence. Many of the characters in his stories are subject to a similar split personality. First Ed of this translation (1982); 12th Printingpt.