1867 Scarce Victorian Book ~ Seaside and Fireside FAIRIES by Annis Lee Wister. Illustrated.

 

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Author : From the German of Georgia Blum and Louis Wahll; translated by A.L.(Annis Lee) Wister.
Title : Seaside And Fireside Fairies.
Publisher :Philadelphia, Duffield Ashmead, 1867.
Language : Text in English
Size : 7 "X 5 "
Pages : 292 pages
Binding : Very good and attractive original full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Good content (tight, some foxing and staining). 
Illustrations : Nicely illustrated throughout.

 The book : Scarce edition of this charming book - Seaside and Fireside Fairies.

The translator : Annis Lee Furness Wister (9 October 1830, Philadelphia - 15 November 1908, Philadelphia) was a translator who resided in the United States. She specialized in translations from German to English. She was the daughter of the Rev. William Henry Furness, by whom she was educated. Early in life, she began to translate stories from German. She married Dr. Caspar Wister in 1854. He was a descendant of Caspar Wistar, a glassmaker who came to the United States in 1717. Dr. Wister died in 1888. Annis Lee Wister made many translations of note. Her translations were issued in a uniform edition of 30 volumes in 1888.