Charles Perrault – Perrault’s Fairy Tales – First Folio Edition 1998
£45.00
A first Folio Society edition, first printing of The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, published by The Folio Society, London in 1998, illustrated in colour throughout by Edmund Dulac. A very fine book free from internal inscriptions, burgundy cloth bound boards with polychrome and gilt illustration by Dulac to front board, similarly polychromed and gilt titling to the spine, the text blocks bright and crisp with red top stain. In burgundy paper bound slip case.
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault is a classic collection of stories by Charles Perrault, a 17th-century French author known for shaping the fairy tale genre. Featuring timeless tales like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood and Puss in Boots, the collection blends fantasy with moral lessons. Perrault’s elegant prose and storytelling influenced generations of writers and became a foundation for many modern fairy tale adaptations, making his work an enduring part of the Western literary tradition.
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A first Folio Society edition, first printing of The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, published by The Folio Society, London in 1998, illustrated in colour throughout by Edmund Dulac. A very fine book free from internal inscriptions, burgundy cloth bound boards with polychrome and gilt illustration by Dulac to front board, similarly polychromed and gilt titling to the spine, the text blocks bright and crisp with red top stain. In burgundy paper bound slip case.
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault is a classic collection of stories by Charles Perrault, a 17th-century French author known for shaping the fairy tale genre. Featuring timeless tales like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood and Puss in Boots, the collection blends fantasy with moral lessons. Perrault’s elegant prose and storytelling influenced generations of writers and became a foundation for many modern fairy tale adaptations, making his work an enduring part of the Western literary tradition.
