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Charles PERRAULT Contes des fées

Charles PERRAULT

Contes des fées

Chez Saintin, 6 rue de l'Eperon, Paris s.d. (circa 1810), 8,9x13,8cm, [2],166p., [9 pl.], relié.


Very elegant edition of Perrault's fairy tales, printed with the stereotype process invented by Louis-Etienne Herhan.
Illustrated with 5 full-text engravings (2 vignettes each) and a vignette on the engraved title. 
Full roan binding, smooth spine framed in gilt and gilt motifs, black title label stamped in gilt, boards framed in gilt, inner dentelle, endpapers and pastedowns in caillouté paper, all edges gilt. Joints slightly split at head of spine, a small brown stain to title page and frontispiece, some spotting. 
Very rare edition, containing La Barbe Bleue, Le petit chaperon rouge, Les fées, La belle au bois dormant, Le maitre chat ou Le Chat Botté, Cendrillon, Riquet a la houpe, Petit poucet, L'adroite princesse, Peau d'ane, Les souhaits ridicules.
A very scarce item, OCLC does not locate any copy printed by Saintin at this address.

2 500 €

Réf : 86499

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