1888 Scarce Victorian Book - SWEDISH FOLK-LORE and Fairy Tales by Herman Hofberg

 

Author : Herman Hofberg (Translated by W. H. Myers)
Title : SWEDISH FOLK-LORE.
Publisher : Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Belford, Clarke & Co., 1888. First English edition.
Language : Text in English
Size : 8 " X 5.5 "
Pages : viii-228 pages
Binding : Attractive and very good original fully decorated cloth binding under a protective removable mylar cover. 
Content : Very good content (tight and clean, rare foxing and staining, old pocket on first endpaper - as shown, and name of a previous owner on following blank page but not an ex-library copy). 
Illustrations : Profusely illustrated.

The book : Attractive and scarce editon of the Swedish Folk-lore by Hofberg. A rare find in any condition! 

The author: Johan Herman Hofberg, born June 11, 1823 in Stora Malms parish in Södermanland, died April 28, 1883 in Stockholm, was a Swedish scientist, writer and cartoonist. Married in 1853 to Augusta Matilda von Knorring. He was the son of Jan Petter Hofberg and Agnes Strand.