1867 Scarce Book - FAIRY Book by Edouard Laboulaye - illustrated. FIRST EDITION.

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Author: Laboulaye, Edouard. (Mary L. Booth, translator).
Title: Laboulaye's Fairy Book. Fairy Tales of All Nations. With Engravings. 
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1867. First Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8 " X 5 ".
Pages: x-363 pages + 4 catalogue pages.
Binding: Good original full cloth binding (hinges scuffed but tight, overall worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Good content (tight and clean, some light foxing and staining - as shown, gift note of a previous owner on the first blank - as shown). 
Illustrations: Including nice in-text illustrations throughout.

The book: Scarce First edition of the Fairy Tales by Edouard Laboulaye. A rare find in any condition!

Contents: Perlino, a Neapolitan Tale; Yvon and Finette, a Tale of Brittany; The Castle of Life, a Tale of Salerno; Destiny, a Dalmatian Tale; The Twelve Months, a Bohemian Tale; Sswanda, the Piper, a Bohemian Tale; The Gold Bread, a Hungarian Tale; The Story of the Noses, a Bohemian Tale; The Three Citrons, a Neapolitan Tale; Story of Coquerico, a Spanish Tale; King Bizarre and Prince Charming; or, the Art of Governing Men, a Tale of All Nations; and Abdallah, or, the Four-Leaved Clover, an Arabian Tale.

The author: Edouard Rene Lefebvre de Laboulaye  (18 January 1811 – 25 May 1883) was a French jurist, poet, author and anti-slavery activist. In 1865 he originated the idea of a monument presented by the French people to the United States that resulted in the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. He got the idea thinking that this would help strengthen their relationship with the United States.