OISTROS

STRUWWELPETERIADE

First edition. – “The pseudonym Oistros (Greek: stable fly; a suitable pseudonym for this bitterly angry satire) is resolved in the NUC, but not in all other sources. 'Truffle Eater' is the first of three English parodies directed against the Nazi regime. It is possible that the author and illustrator did not want to be named for reasons of caution, since they rightly believe the Nazis to be capable of everything imaginable, as the book also shows conclusively. The origin of the English writer, satirist and high-ranking civil servant H. Wolfe (1886 in Milan – 1940 in London), who was born the son of a German Jew and an Italian mother, also explains why this parody, which is close to Struwwelpeter, is already half a year after the National Socialist one Seizure of power directed against the Nazi rulers with astonishing knowledge and bitter vehemence, which suggests that the author was particularly affected. However, the mockery is sometimes still rather contemptible” (Rühle 1252 in great detail on the content, on the dating and on the secure determination of author and illustrator). – World of images 1803. Baumgartner II,18. Collection Hürlimann 834 with ill. – Except for the somewhat stained cover, a nice and very well-preserved copy.

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(P.S.: d.i. Humbert Wolfe): Truffle Eater. Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures. With numerous illustrations by Archibald Louis Charles Savory. London. Barker, A., (1933). 25.5x19.2 cm. Colour-illustrated original cardboard binding (slightly more heavily stained and rubbed). 19 sheets