GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Engraving, 1862 - FAIRYTALE FRONTISPIECE TAROT save for leather chip missing

save for leather chip missing from the bottom spine

"A New Edition

The dust jacket is in good condition with some repaired tears

First facsimile edition

Rosenfeld Steiner

GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Engraving, 1862 - FAIRYTALE FRONTISPIECE TAROT save for leather chip missingGUSTAVE 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;