The Poetical Works of T. H. Edited, with a Critical Memoir by W. M. Rossetti. Illustrated by G. Dore (And A. Thompson).

Publisher Marketing: Title: The Poetical Works of T. H. Edited, with a critical memoir by W. M. Rossetti. Illustrated by G. Dore (and A. Thompson). Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Hood, Thomas; Dore, Gustave; 1871-75]. 8 . 11611.cc.12. Contributor Bio:  Hood, Thomas Hood was a famous literary wit. Contributor Bio:  Dore, Gustave Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695) is known today as the most renowned fabulist in history of literature, and as one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, inspired by Aesop, Babrius and Phaedrus, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists in occident from the 18th on, and which have been universally taught in classrooms for the teaching of contemporary moral, wit and humor.