Illustrations of The Golden Pot by E.T.A. Hoffmann

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"On Ascension Day, about three o'clock in the afternoon in Dresden, a young man dashed through the Schwarzthor, or Black Gate, and ran right into a basket of apples and cookies which an old and very ugly woman had set out for sale." - E.T.A. Hoffmann

"He looked up, and perceived three little snakes, glittering with green and gold, twisted around the branches, and stretching out their heads to the evening sun." - E.T.A. Hoffmann

"...Veronica, Paulniann's eldest daughter, a most pretty blooming girl of sixteen...Nay, in the capriciousness of joy, he carried it so far, that he offered a helping hand to his fair advocate Veronica" - E.T.A. Hoffmann

"The youth Phosphorus put on a glittering coat of mail, sporting with the light in a thousand hues, and did battle with the dragon, who struck the cuirass with his black wing, till it rung and sounded" - E.T.A. Hoffmann

"Above all, he gathered together and arranged his calligraphic masterpieces and his drawings, to show them to the Archivarius, as proof of his ability to do what was desired. Everything went well with the Student; a peculiar happy star seemed to be presiding over him" - E.T.A. Hoffmann