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Some pictures from a German book of poems inspired by the legend of The Pied Piper of Hamelin:
The Pied Piper of Hamelin: An Adventure by Julius Wolff. Illustrated by Paul Thumann (1834 – 1908).
This is a large book, 10×13 inches or so (25×33cm), all three edges gilt, and with a fancy engraving and more gold on the front cover: an expensive edition for the time.
Title: Der Rattenfänger von Hameln: Eine Aventiure
Published by: G Grote’sshe Verlagsbuchhandlung
City: Berlin
Date: 1890
Total items: 3
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Prisoner Chained in the Dungeon]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/JuliusWolff-PiedPiperOfHamelin/wm/big/253-prisoner-in-chains-q75-454x750.jpg "[picture: Prisoner Chained in the Dungeon]")
Prisoner Chained in the Dungeon
A young man, beardless but with a moustache, and an unruly mop of hair, sits despondently on a sturdy bench in a stone-walled prison cell. There is a jug, perhaps of water, in a niche behind him. His wrists are manacled together in front of him, and one ankle has a metal cuff round it connected by a long chain to a ring set in the wall [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Initial letter J with piper and rats]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/JuliusWolff-PiedPiperOfHamelin/wm/big/001-initial-letter-j-q75-105x200.jpg "[picture: Initial letter J with piper and rats]")
Initial letter J with piper and rats
A dramtic decorated initial letter J at teh start of a chapter, used as a dropped capital (drop cap) and also partly raised cap. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Imploring the moon from th castle courtyard]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/JuliusWolff-PiedPiperOfHamelin/wm/big/150-castle-in-moonlight-q25-164x200.jpg "[picture: Imploring the moon from th castle courtyard]")
Imploring the moon from th castle courtyard
A young clean-shaven man wearing a feathered hat and a cloak which is gathered up in his arms stands with his tilted looking at the full moon. He is in the courtyard of a medieval castle, outdoor stairs climbing up a tower behind him and the close houses of [...] [more...] [$]
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