Perrault, Timothée Trimm / Henry de Montaut - Les Contes de Perrault - 1865

A captivating illustrated edition of this work that sits within the great 19th-century publishing tradition, giving Charles Perrault's marvelous tales a form suited to a broad audience, notably family and children, while also imparting a significant graphical and popular dimension -

The collection revisits the famous world of tales that have deeply marked French literature, notably Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, Hop-o’-My-Thumb, Bluebeard, The Fairies and Riquet with the Tuft, to which are added the various figures of kings, princesses, ogres, fairies, witches, talking animals and mischievous characters characteristic of Perrault’s imagination -

Each story rests on an apparently simple initial situation, often marked by poverty, injustice, jealousy or misfortune, before an extraordinary event comes to alter the destinies of the characters and generally leads to some form of restitution or reward -

Perrault, Timothée Trimm / Henry de Montaut - The Tales of Perrault - 1865 - Librairie du Petit Journal -

Good binding condition, the work in its red half-basane with original corners, wear from use, some minor defects on the cover, tear on the head cap, worn corners, speckled edges, smooth decorative spine, gilded lettering -

Good interior condition, some soiling, beautiful vignette on the title page, charming drop cap, work enriched with handsome black engravings both within and beyond the text including a frontispiece, marbled endpapers in good condition, a pleasant copy -

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