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PERRAULT, Charles.
Les Contes des Fees.
A delightful collection of eight fairy tales by Perrault, including Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, and Puss in Boots, each accompanied by a color plate and myriad text illustrations.
- Published
- Paris: Amedee Bedelet, 1885.
- Plates
- 10
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Paris: Amedee Bedelet, 1885.
- Ref
- 940
[Fairy Tales.] Octavo. pp. 182; Publisher's quarter-cloth binding, illustrated printed paper-covered boards. Boards cracked and worn, corners bumped, spine lightly pulled. Speckled edges. Mild foxing throughout. A charming and beautifully illustrated late 19th-century edition of this French collection of fairy tales. "Anne Blake de Mademoiselle A.L. Rhode (1885)" written on a browned prelim. Numerous woodcuts to text. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Contes des Fees. 2. Le Petit Chapeon Rouge. 3. La Barbe-Bleue. 4. La Belle au Bois Dormant. 5. Le Chat Botte. 6. Cendrillon. 7. Riquet a la Houppe. 8. Le Petit Poucet 9. L'Adroite Princesse. 10. Peau-D'Ane.
