Contes de Fées.
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 79 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Bibliothèque Rose Illustrée, Nouvelle Edition, 1908, reprint thus, red cloth stamped gilt decorations and titles; illustrés de 65 vignettes de Bertall, Beaucé, etc, 8vo; 405 pp. French language 19thc hardback juvenile.
Perrault: La Barbe Bleue, Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, La Belle au Bois dormant, Le Chat Botté, Cendrillon, Riquet a la Houppe, Le Petit Poucet, Peau d'Ane. Mme D'Aulnoy: La Belle aux Cheveux d'Or, L'Oiseau Bleu, La Chatte Blanche, La Biche au Bois, tous avec les Moralités. Mme Leprince de Beaumont, known as a teacher and writer on pedagogy,: Le Prince Cheri, La Belle et la Bete. This and our Comtesse de Ségur's Contes, from the estate of children's playwright Maryfrank Gardener, for 110.00, make a lovely set.
CONDITION: Near Fine; James Maryfrank Gardner inked on fixed endpaper, bright gilt, crisply stamped titles, sharp cornered boards, bright gilt on page edges, spine a bit more faded; tight, clean pages toning. Bel exemplaire. Item #22097
Price: $60.00