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Charles PERRAULT. Les Contes Paris, Librairie des bibliophiles, Jouaust, 1876. 2 volumes in-16, blue half-chagrin with corners, spine with 5 nerves nicely decorated with repeated gilt flowers, gilt heads (Binding of the time). Vicaire, I-602 /// I. (2f.)-LXII-(1f.)-113-(1f.) / II. (2f.)-183-(2f.). Edition containing Griselidis, Peau d'Asne, Le Petit Poucet, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Riquet à la houppe, Le Chat botté, etc. It is preceded by a preface by the bibliophile Jacob Paul Lacroix as well as a Dissertation on fairy tales by Baron Walckenaer and illustrated with a portrait-frontispiece and 11 hors-texte etchings by Lalauze. A charming unjustified copy, printed on van Gelder laid paper.
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Charles PERRAULT. Les Contes Paris, Librairie des bibliophiles, Jouaust, 1876. 2 volumes in-16, blue half-chagrin with corners, spine with 5 nerves nicely decorated with repeated gilt flowers, gilt heads (Binding of the time). Vicaire, I-602 /// I. (2f.)-LXII-(1f.)-113-(1f.) / II. (2f.)-183-(2f.). Edition containing Griselidis, Peau d'Asne, Le Petit Poucet, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Riquet à la houppe, Le Chat botté, etc. It is preceded by a preface by the bibliophile Jacob Paul Lacroix as well as a Dissertation on fairy tales by Baron Walckenaer and illustrated with a portrait-frontispiece and 11 hors-texte etchings by Lalauze. A charming unjustified copy, printed on van Gelder laid paper.
