Laboulaye's Fairy Book : Fairy Tales of all Nations
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868.
Illustrated by Illustrated. First Edition; Early Printing. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Item #17228
Rear hinge started, front hinge starting, gutter starting pp 168-169, sunning, spine chipped at head and tail, corners frayed, light cock, light tone with some random foxing, owner's signature, otherwise light wear. Still solid hardcover. ; Collection of twelve Laboulaye tales, for the American marketplace. "One of the first humorists, as well as one of the first judicial writers of France, it is his favorite recreation to amuse children with tales wherein the grotesque veils a keen and subtle satire rarely equaled." - Translator's Preface. Jurist, author and activist, Laboulaye wrote a three volume political history of the United States, later helped establish the Third Republic, and was a strong supporter of the Union cause during the Civil War. He was president of the French Emancipation Committee that aided newly freed slaves and he originated the idea of a statue symbolizing liberty as a gift from France to the United States that turned into the reality of the Statue of Liberty by his friend, the sculptor Frédéric Auguste Barthold. ; Engravings; 363, 4 ad pages.
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