Charles Perrault / Gustave Doré - Les contes de Perrault - 1864

Fascinating illustrated edition of 40 hors-texte plates from this masterful synthesis that includes stories such as Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, and Puss in Boots, combining Perrault's timeless narration with Doré's detailed and dramatic engravings -

The text preserves the elegant and moralizing style of Perrault, presenting tales where magic, transformations and extraordinary adventures serve to teach lessons of prudence, courage, wit and justice, while exploring the universal themes of goodness, pride and cunning -

Doré enriches the work with his black-and-white illustrations, often grandiose and expressive, which bring the characters and fantastical scenes to life, emphasizing the fairy-tale and dramatic atmosphere of each tale and strengthening the emotional and visual impact for the reader -

Charles Perrault / Gustave Doré - Perrault's Tales - 1864 - J. Hetzel - XXIV and 60 Pages.

Condition of the binding: good, the volume in its full red percaline with boards adorned with raised gold motifs, wear from use, some minor defects on the cover, wear on the spine with partial loss of decoration, spine restored, headcaps and corners worn, speckled edges, smooth spine with ornament, gilded titling and ornaments, gilded fillets on the boards, superb gilt illustrations on the front board -

Good interior condition, rare foxing, title page printed in red and black and adorned with a beautiful vignette, volume enriched with 40 hors-texte plates including a frontispiece by Gustave Doré, with a preface by P. J. Stahl, marbled endpapers in good condition, good copy -

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