GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Engraving, 1862 - FAIRYTALE FRONTISPIECE TAROT "A New Edition

"A New Edition

Some with Signatures

evocation of spirits

This enchanting tale was the winner of the prestigious Carnegie Medal and features the author's own beautiful illustrations throughout

First facsimile edition

GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Engraving, 1862 - FAIRYTALE FRONTISPIECE TAROT "A New EditionGUSTAVE 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;