27.5 x 19 cm. 67 pages. With 29 wood engravings by Karl-Georg Hirsch. Light beige original parchment with spine title and cover vignette, gilt head edge. In original slipcase. - 17th printing by the Bear Press in 113 copies on VL hand-made paper. The cover was hand-bound by W.G. Kießig. The text of "The Winter's Tale" was based on the first print in Wieland's "Teutsche Merkur" (January & February 1776), which was reproduced unchanged. Immaculately preserved.