" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849. [Continental Fairy Tales] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[2] vi; 562 [2]. With a frontispiece etching of Count Hamilton. In a fine later binding of brown half crushed morocco by Roger de Coverly, with gilt titles and decoration to spine and marbled paper over boards. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers. A nice clean copy, with wear to binding and some re-colouring to spine and corners. Very good. Containing translations from the French of the following stories: 'The Four Facardins'; 'Zeneyda'; 'The Story of May-Flower'; 'The Ram'; and 'The Enchanter Faustus'. Item #58314
Price: £250.00