144 - PLEIADE (The). Ballads, fabliaux, short stories, and legends. Homer, Veda-Vyasa, Marie de France, Bürger, Hoffmann, Ludwig Tieck, Charles Dickens, Gavarni, H. Blaze. Paris, Curmer, 1842. Small 8vo, light-colored half-calf, smooth spine with green title label and gold thread and blind-stamped decoration, marbled edges, (Bauzonnet-Trautz).

PLEIADE (The). Ballads, fabliaux, short stories, and legends. Homer, Veda-Vyasa, Marie de France, Bürger, Hoffmann, Ludwig Tieck, Charles Dickens, Gavarni, H. Blaze. Paris, Curmer, 1842. Small 8vo, light-colored half-calf, smooth spine with green title label and gold thread and blind-stamped decoration, marbled edges, (Bauzonnet-Trautz). FIRST EDITION of one of the “most important illustrated books of the nineteenth century” (Carteret, III, p. 499) and one of Curmer’s most charming productions. A delightful collection of eleven tales, fabliaux, or ballads—both ancient and modern—illustrated by Jacque, Penguilly, Trimolet, Féart, and Daubigny. The illustrations consist of a total of 10 etched frontispieces, 56 woodcut vignettes within the text, 10 etched vignettes printed on Chinese paper and pasted in for the episodes of Rosemonde and Madame Acker, a separate etching, and woodcut borders for the Mahabharata episode. (Rousseau’s note). A COPY OF REMARKABLE FRESHNESS, IN A CONTEMPORARY BINDING SIGNED BY A MASTER BOOKBINDER.