40 pp. Illustrated with engraved vignette title page, engraved head and tailpieces and 15 color wood engraved plates by Leighton Brothers from drawings by Eleanor Vere Boyle. (4to) 30.5x24 cm. (12x9½"), later half red morocco and cloth, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. First edition with these illustrations.

Sarah Austin's English translation of Carové's children's story "Das Märchen ohne Ende" was first published in 1834. The color engravings produced here by the Leighton Brothers after the drawings of E.V. Boyle are exquisite; rich, colorful, and elaborate.