Les Fees Contes des Contes par Mademoiselle de***
Book Description
12mo, eng. frontis., [iv], 240 pp, 8 half-page engravings in text, folding plate of music, cont. sprinkled calf, french fillet borders, fully gilt spine, imperceptibly rebacked, new marbled endpapers, a good copy.
Dealer Notes
The 8 tales are as follows :- Plus Belle que Fée, Persinette, L'Enchanteur, Tourbillon, Verd et Bleu, Le Pays des Délices, La Puissance d'Amour, and La Bonne Femme of which the best known is Persinette which was adapted by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 as the story Rapunzel.
As with all collections of fairy stories early editions such as this are rare.
https://www.hmfletcher.co.uk/book/HMF1591
As with all collections of fairy stories early editions such as this are rare.
https://www.hmfletcher.co.uk/book/HMF1591
Author
[CAUMONT DE LA FORCE, Charlotte Rose de (1650-1724)]
Publisher
Amsterdam : Chez Pierre Mortier, Libraire, chez qui l’on trouve toute sorte de Musique. n.d.[c. 1713-19?]
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