Idlewild : a tale of the Hudson-River, circa 1879.

1 v. (12 p., 6 l. of plates) ; 28 cm

English

In English.

Purchased from Justin G. Schiller on the Jockey Hollow Fund, 2002.

This material is open for research.

Waldemar Schreyer was born in Germany in April 1842. He immigrated from Hannover to New York on board the steamer Harmonia in 1870. Schreyer settled in Brooklyn and made a career as an artist and illustrator; he remained in Brooklyn until his death on November 18, 1913. Schreyer had five children with his wife Jacobine Schreyer (1849-1928) and was active in many charitable organizations. Immigration documents, census records, and city directories record his name as Waldemar Schreyer, or Waldemar G. H. Schreyer, through 1903; after that date, and in his obituary, he is listed as Gottfried H. W. Schreyer.

One bound autograph manuscript of a children's story by Waldemar Schreyer, including within the text six full-page illustrations in ink and gray wash. Accompanied by an autograph letter, signed and dated December 19, 1879, to an unidentified recipient, requesting that the manuscript be reviewed and considered for publication.

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March 21, 2014

Waldemar Schreyer, Idlewild. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Waldemar Schreyer, Idlewild. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Illustrations (layout features) - United States - 19th century.