Cinquante Fables pour les enfants [Fifty Fables for Children]

first edition original printed pictorial boards

1840s · Hamburg

by HEY (William), Translator
HEY (Guillaume) (Johann Wilhelm Hey, 1789-1854) : -
Cinquante Fables pour les enfants par Guillaume Hey, traduites de l'allemand et ornées de 50 gravures sur bois exécutées d'après les vignettes d' Otto Speckter, par Fr. Guill. Gubitz..
Hambourg, chez Frédéric Perthes, ca.1840.
8vo., vi, [1], [50] ff. (Plates), [1], 24 [last leaf misnumbered 31/2] pp. Notes; original printed pictorial paper over boards (some edge discoloration and corners rubbed).
First edition of the French translation from the original German.
Otto Speckter (18907–1871) was one of the well-known German Romantic artists and engraver.
Wegehaupt Nr. 926 (Inventory #: bb_hey_fables)
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