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Picture fables

Hey, Wilhelm, 1789-1854. [from old catalog], Dulcken, Henry William, 1832-1894, [from old catalog] tr, Speckter, Otto, 1807-1871, [from old catalog] illus, Dalziel, George, 1815-1902, [from old catalog] engr, Dalziel, Edward, 1817-1905, [from old catalog] engr · 1863 · London, New York, Routledge, Warne, and Routledge · 102 pictures

Picture Fables is a children's book of animal fables first written by Wilhelm Hey, translated by Henry William Dulcken, and published in London and New York in 1863 for young readers. Its wood-engraved illustrations by Otto Speckter, cut by the Dalziel brothers, show dogs, cats and foxes in rural village scenes. A designer could take from them the loose cross-hatched line, the simple staging of small animal characters against gardens and fences, and the warm tinted paper ground.

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