The Child's Picture and Verse Book

by Speckter, Otto (Mary Howitt, translator)

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Book Description

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1844. Subtitled, "Commonly Called Otto Specker's Fable Book, with the Original German and with French". So each fable is in old German script, French and English as arranged by Mary Howitt, with a one page poem "To English children". Pages (4), 201. Each fable is accompanied by a charming engraving. Occasional, slight foxing. All edges gilt. Red embossed cloth with a firey dragon in gilt on the frontand ornated gilt design and title on the spine. Some edgewear, especially to the head of the spine, but protected in a clear mylar dustjacket. Scarce, as one other copy on the internet at this writing. . Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by 99 Engravings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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