1885 Rare First Edition - Edouard Laboulaye's LAST FAIRY TALES - illustrated.
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Author: Laboulaye, Edouard; (Mary L. Booth, translator).
Title: Last Fairy Tales. Authorized Translation by Mary L. Booth.
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers, 1885. First U.S. Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8 " X 5 ".
Pages: xviii-382 pages + catalogue.
Binding: Very beautiful and very good full decorated cloth binding (hinges fine, the bottom part of spine worn - as shown, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright and tight, some staining and foxing - as shown, name of the previous owner on the first endpaper).
Illustrations: Profusely illustrated.
The book: Attractive and rare first US edition of the Last Fairy Tales by Laboulaye.
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.