Recueil de Contes de Grimm
Londres: Leopold B. Hill, ND, circa 1908. Illustrated by Gwendolen Mawe. 16mo, 61 pages, rebacked in red cloth over the original paper covered boards with a color pictorial paste down to top board. Illustrated throughout with color plates. Recueil de Contes de Grimm is an attractive early twentieth-century French-language collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, adapted or presented by Kathleen FitzGerald and illustrated by Gwendolen Maw. Published in London by Leopold B. Hill, the book reflects the period interest in making classic European fairy tales available for young readers and students of French. The collection brings together the enduring world of Grimm folklore, with its enchanted settings, moral lessons, magical transformations, and memorable characters, in a compact illustrated format. A charming juvenile and educational edition, appealing to collectors of Grimm fairy tales, illustrated children’s books, French-language readers, folklore, and early twentieth-century schoolbooks. Some slight rubbing, minor scattered foxing and discoloration, else in very good condition. Item #431
Price: $80.00