GUSTAVE DORÉ - FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Wood Engraving, 1862 - BLUEBEARD (4) OCCULT / RELIGION Extensively illustrated with black-and-white images

Extensively illustrated with black-and-white images and photographs

and tarot cards — all of which have no wear

save for a chip on the top of the spine and general shelf-wear

gold foil lettering on cover and spine

His aim was to amuse rather than to instruct

GUSTAVE DORÉ - FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Wood Engraving, 1862 - BLUEBEARD (4) OCCULT / RELIGION Extensively illustrated with black-and-white imagesGUSTAVE 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 BLUEBEARD (or "La Barbe Bleue"), 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