443 - [Fairy Tales]. *Le Cabinet des fées*. Containing all their works in eight volumes. By Madame de M**. Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1754–1761–1752. 12 tomes in 8 in-12 volumes, fawn half-calf, smooth spines with gold threading, red title labels (contemporary binding). Modest and worn bindings, fore-edges possibly split, cracks in the spines, worn corners. Copy with narrow margins.

[Fairy Tales]. *Le Cabinet des fées*. Containing all their works in eight volumes. By Madame de M**. Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1754–1761–1752. 12 tomes in 8 in-12 volumes, fawn half-calf, smooth spines with gold threading, red title labels (contemporary binding). Modest and worn bindings, fore-edges possibly split, cracks in the spines, worn corners. Copy with narrow margins. A rare edition of this famous collection of 79 fairy tales, bringing together the works of Mesdames d’Aulnoy, de La Force, d’Auneuil, and de Mailly. It predates the great compilation by the Chevalier de Mayer—published under the same title beginning in 1785—by nearly thirty years. The first *Cabinet des fées* appeared in Amsterdam in 1717, in six volumes, before being reprinted and revised in 1731 and again in 1754. This edition, announced as eight volumes, actually comprises twelve tomes, as four volumes are divided into two parts with separate pagination. The second part of the last volume bears the specific title “La Tirannie des fées,” dated 1752. A charming collection of intaglio engravings by Simon Fokke, comprising 37 full-page illustrations and 23 vignettes. These compositions, inspired by folk imagery and the realm of the fantastic, exerted a notable influence on the subsequent iconography of fairy tales, particularly in England. This copy comes from the library of the poet Paul Éluard and bears his bookplate, designed by Max Ernst. (Cohen I, 198—mentions only 16 illustrations by Fokke).