Gustave Doré - Contes de Perrault - 1867

Contes de Perrault - Illustrations by Gustave Doré - Hetzel Edition, 1867 - full garnet percaline publisher's binding, author & title on the spine and the front cover - 38.5 x 28 cm - xxv-68 pages. 40 plates outside the text by Gustave Doré, on special vélin paper by Gustave Boulard de Villeneuve, with a table.
Preface by P.-J. Stahl (pseudonym of Pierre-Jules Hetzel). Gustave Doré's engravings are by Pizan, Pannemaker, Pierdon, Breviere, Maurand, Boetzel, Hebert, E. Deschamps, Dumont, Delduc, Fagnon.

Condition: The percaline has two small stains. The edge of the book has been faded by the sun. Despite stains on several pages, most of the engravings are intact. This makes the book a unique piece.