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186244665Paris: Editions Leclere. 1862. Limited Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo; iv 208 vi; vi 207 v pages; Contents of both volumes clean and secure in contemporary bindings of handsome black half-leather with 5 raised bands at spines marbled boards and marbled endpapers. Some scattered foxing to initial leaves and concluding leaves; some crazing at spine rubbed a bit at extremities. An attractive set. Gilt titles in second compartments and volume number in third compartments. Title pages printed in Red & Black. Set Number 199 of a Limited Edition of only 200 copies; both books numbered 199. Silk place ribbons. Tome I with vignette medallion portrait of Voltaire Tome II vignette of Grecourt. Each author's contribution has a title page and an egraved in-text illustration; first volume has 21 illustrations and second volume has 25 illustrations. Voltaire's pieces begin with: L'Education d'un Prince. Grecourt's begin with Le Cuisinier Scrupuleux. Tome Premier iv 208 vi; Tome Second vi 207 v. . Editions Leclere hardcover
1823026212London: J. Harris and Son 1823. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. iv 269 ; Illustrated with an engraved pictorial title- page and 23 plates engraved in stipple. Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. Original hardback binding front board only paper covered board with significant remains of original printed paper adhered to board roan leather to the spine with gilt now craked in several places and areas missing. This item requires rebinding or to be placed in a solander box since it is now held only by the cords in several parts. Contents clean and tight minimal marking paper bright with no foxing neat ink signature to the top of the front free endpaper. A very good copy of this rare collection of tales. Bibliographic reference Osbourne Collection TPL page 595 It is interesting to note that Copac lists 2 both with only 20 plates auction records are scarce for this title with only two in the last ten years. J. Harris and Son Hardcover
1870000979Paris: Garnier Freres Libraires Editeurs. Good with no dust jacket. c. 1870s. New Edition. Hardcover. No Date c. 1870s. 545 pp. French text. Boards worn. Leather spine cloth boards Corners and head/tail of spine very bumped/chaffed/scraped with loss. Four raised bands gilt title with gilt stamped compartments although the Gilt decoration and titling on spine is discoloured. Shiny white patterned e/p's. Front Hinge splitting and re-glued. All extrmities rubbed/fraying/chaffed and/or scraped. Previous owners inscription on e/p dated 1873. Otherwise no date found. Ten full page black and white steel engraved tissue guarded plates and lots of wood engraved vignettes in the text. A little very light Foxing. Frontispiece - Le Petit Poucet with tissue guard. Vignette on title page. All edges gilt. Internally Very clean tight and bright.; 8vo tall / Small 4to . Garnier Freres, Libraires Editeurs hardcover
1880cs52Alphonse Lemerre 1880. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. This is a hardcover folder containing 13 loose plates. Uncertain if any text accompanied this copy originally. The folder is worn and marked. A little foxing and rippling to the plates - good condition mostly - suitable for framing. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Alphonse Lemerre hardcover
1888465753Paris : Boussod Valadon et Cie 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-decorated red cloth boards now slightly rubbed at the corners and endbands. Spine cover and endpaper margins sun-toned; front free endpaper and flyleaf show minor tears to the fore-edge. Prelims faintly foxed; loose title page repaired with masking tape. Text block remains otherwise tight bright and clean. A well-preserved example overall particularly the front board. Physical description; 72 pages : illustrations ; 33 cm. Subjects; Fairy tales. Children's literature. French literature. 17th century. 19th century. Illustrated. Paris : Boussod, Valadon et Cie hardcover
189985469Paris : Ganire FrÂres Librairies-Editeurs 1899. 175x110mm. frontispice illustrations n/b in texte reliure demi-toile de lՎditeur. Plats percaline avec illustrations dorÂŽes sur le supÂŽrieur et encadrements ˆ froid sur les deux plats. Toutes tranches dorÂŽes. Dos lÂŽgÂrement insolÂŽ et nom du possesseur sur le haut de la page de faux-titre autrement bon ÂŽtat. 491 Ganire FrÂres Librairies-Editeurs unknown
1880D1037Paris: Alphonse Lemerre 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. Half morocco and marbled paper over boards spine gilt. Some light foxing but a nice copy. <br/><br/> Alphonse Lemerre hardcover
18904766BB1890. Paris Collection Hetzel o. J. ca. 1890. 8°. 4 375 S. 1 Bl. Mit 1 Frontispiz u. einigen ganzs. Illustr. vo George Roux. Gold- u. schwarzgepr. Orig.-Leinenbd. sign. Engel. Rel. Paris mit 3-s. Goldschnitt Rücken verblasst ob. Kapital bestossen. Vord. Gelenk gebrochen. Durchgehend gebräunt. unknown
1847011072<p>Leipzig: Chez Baumgaertner 1847 1847 per institutional copies Gumuchian dates it at 1835. 6.5 x 4 inches 16.5 x 10 cm. 16 pgs. Yellow paper over boards titled in black ink some cover soil occasional light foxing offsetting opposite artwork. One in a series of books meant to teach young Germans how to read French. An abbreviated version of Perrault's tale in French with explanations of French idioms in German. Illustrated with brightly colored engravings. Some of the scenes depicted are quite violent and gruesome. Rare. Gumuchian 4454. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Oblong 16mo.</p> Chez Baumgaertner hardcover
1888635479Boussod Valadon and Co. Paris 1888. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. QUARTO. - In French - Elaborate gilt illustrations and lettering to red cloth covers w/ gilt dentelle - Top edge of text block gilt - Illustration and text only to recto of pages - Covers worn and marked w/ gilt faded - Edges and joints rubbed w/ some chipping and boards somewhat exposed - Some staining including a circular mark to front bottom corner - Corners bumped and crushed w/ some fraying and boards moderately exposed - Hinges breached but not open - Edges of text block tanned - Endpapers unevenly toned - Content slightly age-toned foxed and stained throughout - Book ow/ solid and clean - 72 pages No Jacket Boussod Valadon and Co., Paris hardcover
1869007490Wissembourg; Paris: Fr. Wentzel 1869. Near Fine -. Lithographie et typographie de Ch. Wentzel." 2 10 p. 6 leaves of hand-colored lithographed plates; 27 cm. Title page and each page of text within decorative border. "Contes Illustrés pour Enfants" -- at head of title page. Frédéric Charles Wentzel 1839-1877 and Charles Frédéric Wentzel 1833-1911 took over the lithographic and publishing business begun by their father Jean Frédéric Wentzel after his death on 27 July 1869. This title part of their series Contes Illustrés pour Enfants is not in WorldCat. The Perrault tale of Bluebeard is accompanied by beautiful and richly colored plates. Extremely scarce. Lacking original wrappers; otherwise in Near Fine- Condition: lower corners are creased; minimal soiling in margins; plates are striking and bright. Fr. Wentzel unknown
1899007161France: Eragny Press 1899. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Published in an edition of 224 copies 200 of which were for sale. In original pale blue decorative paper boards gilt lettering front cover 2 gilt decorations at spine with lovely wood engravings and decorative initials designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by Lucien and Esther Pissarro printed on handmade paper. Very Good spine a bit darkened endpages with usual toning small bookseller's stickers bottom edge front and rear paste downs. A quite charming edition of these classic fairy tales. Eragny Press Hardcover
1801174725Paris: chez Poncelin An IX. = 1801. A choice selection of the best-known French fairy tales A charming illustrated selection from the most important corpus of fairy tales published in the 18th century Le Cabinet des fées published in 41 volumes in 1785-9. The first volume prints the eight famous tales by Charles Perrault originally published as Histoires ou Contes du temps passé 1697: "Le Petit Chaperon rouge" "Les Fées" "La Barbe-bleue" "La Belle au bois dormant" "Le Chat botté" "Cendrillon" "Riquet à la houppe" and "Le Petit Poucet". The concluding tale is "L'Adroite princesse" by Perrault's niece Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier. The second volume has three more Perrault tales "Griselidis" "Peau d'Âne" and "Les Souhaits ridicules" together with "Persinette" by Mademoiselle de La Force "Incarnat Blanc et Noir" attributed to Chevalier de Mailly "Kadour" a tale set in Kashmir and "Les Deux Pantoufles". Each volume has a frontispiece of a full-page woodcut on the half-title verso; 15 of the tales have woodcut vignettes at their head. 2 vols bound in one duodecimo 130 x 82 mm pp. 4 iv 173 1; iv 169 3. Half-titles with full-page woodcuts on verso to face titles woodcut vignettes at head of most tales. Contemporary sprinkled quarter calf red morocco label gilt ornaments in compartments marbled sides red edges. Joints rubbed very occasional minor spots a very good copy. Opie collection of children's literature 049:074. unknown
1837133272Paris: Pintard et Letaille c.1837. Interactive fairy tales An attractive moveable book for children comprising the tales of Little Red Riding Hood Riquet on the Hoop and Tom Thumb with two colour backdrops into which the young reader could insert a sequence of cut-out figures to illustrate the story as it progressed. The book was first published in 1820 by Lambert Nepveu et Lefuel. This is the subsequent printing by Pintard and Letaille in circa 1837. Oblong duodecimo. Rear of book with folding flaps enclosing 2 hand-coloured and varnished plates with slits to insert hand-coloured cut-out subjects of which there are here 25 26 were issued; folding plate illustrating how to place the figurines. Original pink boards engraved pictorial title card to front cover. Very light soiling rear inner hinge split light foxing to contents. A very good copy. Not in Gumuchian. hardcover
186556000Lyon: Imprimerie Louis Perrin. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1865. Second Edition. Hardcover. Full dark green leather gilt marbled eps with gilt dentelles TEG. Frontis and illustrations with tissue guards. Slight rubbing. Scattered foxing. PO penciled name. Text in French. 2nd edition revised and corrected from the original editions and preceded by a letter from Ch. Giraud. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; lxxx 300 pages . Imprimerie Louis Perrin hardcover
1876192762Paris: Librarie Des Bibliophiles 1876. The collected works of Charles Perrault finely bound by Victor Champs of Paris. There are two volumes within this handsome French binding splitting up author's works into Tales in Verse and Tales in Prose. Perrault was a pioneer of the fairy tale deriving his stories from old folklore. He was the first to record "Little Red Riding Hood" "Cinderella" "Sleeping Beauty" and others. He was a major influence on the Brother's Grimm. 2 vols bound in 1 octavo 170 x 110mm. Engraved frontispiece 12 engraved plates. Contemporary full red morocco by Victor Champs raised bands tooled in gilt compartments elaborately decorated in gilt french filet to boards in gilt board edges with double rule in gilt inner dentelles gilt french curl marbled endpapers silk bookmarker original wrappers to both volumes bound in. Extremities a little rubbed and bumped a few spots of foxing to preliminary leaves a little offsetting to title page. A very good copy. hardcover
188419826<p><b>1884 FAIRY TALES Charles Perrault Illustrated Cinderella Puss Boots French Riding Hood</b></p><p><i>"A dream is a wish your heart makes." </i></p><p><i>― </i>Charles Perrault<i> Cinderella</i></p><p>Charles Perrault was a 17th-century French author who is most-remembered for his fairy tales. When "<i>Les Contes</i>" was first written it was quite ahead of its time and his writing helped lay the groundwork for a new literary genre that would become very popular throughout Europe of the next century. Many of his fairy tales include stories that are still popular today such as Little Red Riding Hood Cinderella Puss in Boots and Sleeping Beauty. </p><p>This printing is a fine 19th-century printing that includes charming illustrations.</p><p>Item number: #19826</p><p>Price: $499</p><p>PERRAULT Charles</p><p><b><i>Les Contes des Fees </i></b></p><p>Paris: Lefevre 1884.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o VIII 207 1</p><p>o 9 color plates; illustrated with numerous in-text woodcuts throughout</p><p>· Language: French</p><p>· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure</p><p>o Decorative red cloth</p><p>· Size: ~5.75in X 3.75in 15cm x 9.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>19826</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Lefevre hardcover
1860217201860 FAIRY TALES Charles Perrault Illustrated Cinderella French Riding Hood RARE"A dream is a wish your heart makes." ― Charles Perrault CinderellaCharles Perrault was a 17th-century French author who is most-remembered for his fairy tales. When "Les Contes" was first written it was quite ahead of its time and his writing helped lay the groundwork for a new literary genre that would become very popular throughout Europe of the next century. Many of his fairy tales include stories that are still popular today such as Little Red Riding Hood Cinderella Thumbelina and Sleeping Beauty.This printing is a fine 19th-century printing that includes charming illustrations and a decorative front cover.Item number: #21720Price: $499PERRAULT CharlesLes Contes des Fees Paris: J Langlume 1860.Details: • Collation: Complete with all pageso 179 1o 5 plates plus vignette title page• Provenance: Handwritten – Florence V. Grimston 1860• Language: French• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure• Size: ~5.75in X 3.75in 14.5cm x 9.5cm• Quite scarceOur Guarantee:Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 21720Photos available upon request. J Langlume hardcover
1851218911851 Charles Perrault Fairy Tales Illustrated Cinderella Puss Boots French ART"A dream is a wish your heart makes." ― Charles Perrault CinderellaCharles Perrault was a 17th-century French author who is most-remembered for his fairy tales. When "Les Contes" was first written it was quite ahead of its time and his writing helped lay the groundwork for a new literary genre that would become very popular throughout Europe of the next century. Many of his fairy tales include stories that are still popular today such as Little Red Riding Hood Cinderella Puss in Boots and Sleeping Beauty.This printing is a fine 19th-century printing that includes charming illustrations.Item number: #21891Price: $499PERRAULT CharlesLes Contes des Fees par Ch. PerraultParis: Victor Lecou 1851.Details: • Collation: Complete with all pageso 2 127 1o Illustrated throughout• Language: French• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secureo Decorative brown cloth• Size: ~7.75in X 5.25in 20cm x 13.5cmOur Guarantee:Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 21891Photos available upon request. Victor Lecou hardcover
1865711851865. Louis Perrin. Lyon. Second edition. 1865. lxxx 299pp. Portrait frontis. Superbly detailed engraved vignettes. Decorative head and tail-pieces and initial letters. Bound in half green morocco gilt retaining original limp buff boards. Raised bands decorative gilt floral motif to compartments of spine. Marbled boards but the best marbling is to the endpapers. Top edge gilt. Outer edges of boards rubbed neat ownership inscription o/w a very clean and sound copy of this work. A lovely volume. hardcover
187698095Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1876. Rilegato pelle leather binding. Ottimo Fine. Tome premier. Contes en vers. Preface par P. L. Jacob et suivis de la Dissertation sur les Contes de Fé";"es par Le Baron Walckenaer. Douze eaux-fortes par Lalauze. 8vo. pp. 114. Ottimo Fine. . Librairie des Bibliophiles, hardcover
1880D1028Paris: Alphonse Lemerre 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarter green morocco and marbled paper over boards gilt-stamped lettering and detail on spine. Very light scuffing along edges of boards at spine tips and corners. <br/><br/> Alphonse Lemerre hardcover
18703646Ipswich: Cowell's Anastatic Press 1870. 4to. Publisher’s green blind-stamped cloth gilt lettering on cover. Illustrated throughout with charming woodcuts some whole-page by C. L. K. Some slight wear to covers very good. Scarce. No copies located. Cowell's Anastatic Press unknown
185533603Paris: Théodore Lefèvre s.d. c. 1855 1855. First Thus. Hardcover. DESANDRE Jules-Marie. DESANDRE Jules-Marie. First Thus. Hardcover. One Of only 10 Copies On Vergé With Two States Of The Engravings. Extremely Rare. Only 1 other copy has surfaced in the last 30 years and it's uncertain if it included the engravings. <br /> <br /> Les Contes de Perrault. Paris: Theodore Lefevre circa 1855. Royal octave contemporary three-quarter crimson Morocco raised bands marbled boards and endpapers top edge gilt.<br /> Very rare mid-19th-century French illustrated edition of "the basis for the modern canon of fairy tales" with engraved frontispiece and 11 engraved plates by Lefrancq after Desandré numerous in-text wood-engraved vignettes and wood-engraved borders on every page. Twelve tales in all. <br /> This is copy number 5 of only ten copies on Vergé paper with two states of the full-page engravings one of each a mounted proof before letters on Chine. Inspired by the fables of La Fontaine Perrault began writing his own. His Accounts began their career in 1695 "as a five-story presentation manuscript dedicated to Princess Élizabeth-Charlotte Louis XIV's niece" Clute & Grant 752. When first published two years later the book contained eight stories. Perrault's Contes "La Belle au bois dormant" Sleeping Beauty "Le Petit Chaperon rouge Little Red Riding-Hood "La Barbe bleue" Blue Beard "Le Maistre Chat ou le Chat botté" Puss in Boots "Les Fées" The Fairies "Cendrillon" Cinderella "Riquet à la Houppe" Ricky with the Tuft and "Le Petit Poucet" Tom Thumb "provided the basis for the modern canon of fairy tales" Bottigheimer 3. "The backdrop of his fairy tales is a combination of an old and beloved France of courtly manners and costumes and the sunshine of pure imagination" Meigs 112. These original eight classic tales are all present in this collection which also includes "Peau d'Ane en prose" Donkey Skin in prose "Les Souhaits Ridicules" The Ridiculous Wishes "L'Adroite Princesse" The Discreet Princess and "Peau d'Ane en verse" Donkey Skin in verse. This copy includes two states of the frontispiece and ten full-page engravings one final and one a mounted proof before letters. With Preface by JT de Saint -Germain. Text in French. Gumuchian 4446: "Édition recherchée et peu commune." Evidence of bookplate faint library stamps on text block edges. Text generally quite clean with only the occasional spot of foxing and offsetting; plates clean and fine with crisp impressions. A few minor rubs to extremities of desirable contemporary Morocco binding. <br /> An excellent copy of this very rare issue. <br /> <br /> Perrault's wonderful Fairy Tales have continued to be printed and adapted to opera ballet and in blockbuster animations such as Puss 'n Boots and Sleeping Beauty. <br /> <br /> Grand in-8. 2 ff.n. c h. xviii pp. et 119 ff.n.ch. Demi-maroquin rouge à coins dos à nerfs janséniste tête dorée Reliure d'époque. Cachet de bibliothèque à froid sur un feuillet cachet gratté sur le titre et cachet humide sur deux tranches. Quelques rousseurs. Edition très rare illustrée de 12 bois hors-texte avec encadrement gravé par Lefrancq d'après Desandré et également de vignettes dans le texte. Un des 10 ex. num. sur papier vergé contenant les hors-texte en deux états épreuve avant la lettre tirée sur Chine collé et état définitif. Edition très rare mentionnée ni par Vicaire ni par Carteret et citée seulemant dans le catalogue Gumuchian Les livres de l'Enface. no. 4446. L'exemplaire Gumuchian était également un des 10 ex. sur vergé mais ne semblait pas contenir de gravures. Cette édition est qualifiée par Gumuchian de "recherchée" et peu commune". Exemplaire de bibliothèque d'un livre rare. <br /> <br /> A lovely copy. Théodore Lefèvre, s.d. (c. 1855) hardcover
1888264433Oxford: Clarendon 1888. hardcover. very good-. Edited with an introduction by Andrew Lang. Frontispiece foxed. Tall 8vo cxv 153 pages uncut large paper 1/2 vellum dust soiled maroon cloth. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1888. A very good- solid copy.<br/> <br/> Clarendon unknown
