Potter (Beatrix).- Lustiges Treiben, plain and chromolithographed illustrations featuring a rare early illustration by Beatrix Potter, illustrations by other artists including Louis Wain, 2 leaves torn with tape repairs, a few other neatly repaired tears, 3ff. neatly mounted on stubs, hinges cracked but firm, original pictorial cloth-backed boards, slight fraying to spine tips and corners, some light surface soiling and scratching to covers, a little rubbed, 4to, Nuremberg, Theo Stroefer's Kunstverlag, [1896].*** The rare German issue of the (also rare) Nister compilation album Pleasant Trips, including a charming early colour illustration by Potter. The oval design is a companion to the watercolour sold at Bonhams in 1997. The rabbit is in identical jacket with the same basket on his arm. Here he is putting up his umbrella, while in the drawing he is leaving with the umbrella raised, watched by his wife.