PERRAULT, Charles. Contes de fées. - Lot 94

PERRAULT, Charles. Contes de fées. Published in Paris by Eymery in 1824. In twelve / In-12 format. Mahogany shagreened calf. Smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and irons, gilt title on red morocco, gilt fillets on the edges, speckled edges, paper endpapers with pebbled pattern. Contemporary binding. 212 pages, decorated with several hors-texte engravings, including a frontispiece, and vignettes on the title page. Spine, head and neck rubbed, one bit slightly split at tail cap, corners dull, one corner bare, some foxing. Second edition of Perrault's fairy tales, including La Barbe Bleue, Le petit chaperon rouge, Les fées, La belle au bois dormant, Le maitre chat ou Le Chat Botté, Cendrillon, Riquet à la houpe, Petit poucet, L'adroite princesse, Peau d'âne, and Les souhaits ridicules. The work is enriched with hors-texte engravings, including a frontispiece, and preceded by a historical note on the life and works of Charles Perrault by the poet Adélaïde-Gillette Dufrénoy. Handwritten bookplate on title page. A pleasant copy, in its period binding.