1896 Rare 1stED Book - Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants & Herdsmen illustrated by E. Harding

 

Author : Chodsko, Alex; Harding, Emily (translator & illustrator)
Title :Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen. From the French of Alex Chodsko. Translated and illustrated by Emily J. Harding.
Publisher : London: George Allen, 1896. First Edition.
Language : Text in English
Size : 8 " X 6 "
Pages : xiii-353 pages
Binding : Attractive and very good original fully decorated cloth binding (overall  slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content :Very good content (bright, tight and clean, some foxing on the extreme outter margin - as shown). 
Illustrations : Profusely illustrated by Emily Harding.

The book : Attractive and rare First editon of the Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen.

The author: Aleksander Borejko Chodźko (30 August 1804 – 27 December 1891) was a Polish poet, Slavist, and Iranologist.

The illustrator: Emily Jane Harding Andrews (born Emily Jane Harding in Bristol 1850, died August 1940, in Sutherland Shire, Australia) was a British painter and suffragette.