Charles Perrault - Gustave Dorè - Les Contes - 1893

Collection of some of the most famous fairy tales by Charles Perrault illustrated by Gustave Doré. Large folio, rebound in half-leather and red cloth, 40 full-page wood-engraved plates. The collection includes Le petit chaperon rouge, Le petit poucet, La belle au bois dormant, Cendrillon, Le maître chat, Riquet à la houppe, Peau-d’âne, Les fées, La barbe-bleue. Cover a bit worn with the binding slightly loosened, interior well legible and plates intact.