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1867 Scarce Victorian Book ~ Jean Mace's Fairy Book. Home Fairy Tales (Contes du Petit-Chateau). 1stED.

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Author: Jean Mace. (Mary L. Booth, Translator).
Title: Jean Mace's Fairy Book. Home Fairy Tales (Contes du Petit-Chateau).
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1867. First US Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8 "X 5.5 "
Pages : 304 pages + ads.
Binding:  Good original full cloth binding (hinges fine, front cover soiled - as shown, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Good content (tight, some foxing and staining - as shown, gift note of a previous owner on the first blank - as shown). 
Illustrations: Nicely illustrated throughout.

 The book: Scarce first US edition of this charming book - Jean Mace's Fairy Book. Home Fairy Tales (Contes du Petit-Chateau).

The author: Jean François Macé (22 August 1815 in Paris – 13 December 1894 in Monthiers) was a French educator, journalist, and politician. He was perhaps best known as the founder of Ligue de l'enseignement. From 1883 until his death, he was a senator for life in the Third Republic Senate.