Der glucklich gewordne Friseur [The Happy Hairdresser] – very rare anonymous 1778 novel.

[ANONYMOUS]. [The Happy Hairdresser…] Der glucklich gewordne Friseur, welcher durch besondere Begebenheiten auf Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande zu einem ansehnlichen Vermogen gelanget. Von ihm selbst beschrieben. Frankfurt and Leipzig: 1778. Small octavo (7 ¼ x 4 1/8 inches; 184 x 103 mm). Pp.[i-ii; 1-]2-756. Hand-colored engraved frontispiece. Title printed in red and black. Original boards, text block uncut (rubbed, splits to joints). Provenance: unidentified ink stamp to title.

Very rare German novel.

‘In the 1778 novel Der glucklich gewordne Friseur, welcher durch besondere Begebenheiten auf Reisen zu Wasser und zu Lande zu einem ansehnlichen Vermogen gelanget, the protagonist makes his fortune as a Friseur by learning both hairdressing and barbering—from a Peruquenmacher as well as a Barbier—and once he establishes enough money and high-society contacts to give up his combined trade, he passes his clients on to a Perruquier who assures him that he is also a barber.’ (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09593683.2016.1162582).