GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Engraving, 1862 - FAIRYTALE FRONTISPIECE FAIRIES Front & rear free endpapers

Front & rear free endpapers of Vol I are partially glued to inside front & rear boards (possibly the result of an old repair job

Articles from this issue include: Roger Bacon

Also included are Essays and Stories by Lady Wilde

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GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Engraving, 1862 - FAIRYTALE FRONTISPIECE FAIRIES Front & rear free endpapersGUSTAVE DOR ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVING FROM "FAIRY TALES RETOLD BY PERRAULT" [1862] Book Details + Condition: Librarie Firmin Didot Frres et Fils (Paris), 1862. The individual wood engraving for sale is the scarce frontispiece from "Les Contes de Perrault" or, "Fairy Tales Retold by Perrault", illustrated by Gustave Dor. Dor's 40+ full page wood engraved plates fill the book. The book itself had blue cloth binding, with embossed gilt decorations;