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Mayer, Charles-Joseph, 1751-ca. 1825 · 1785 · A Genève : Chez Barde, Manget · 3 pictures

A French fairy-tale anthology compiled by Charles-Joseph Mayer and printed in Geneva in 1785 for general readers of contes merveilleux. Its three engraved plates show interiors with Ottoman-style costume, turbans, and tables, drawn in fine black line with captions beneath, offering a designer examples of eighteenth-century European exoticism in costume and interior staging.

Fairy tales

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