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Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703, L'Héritier de Villandon, Marie-Jeanne, 1664-1734, Samber, Robert, tr, Miege, Guy, 1644-1718?, tr · 1764 · A Londres = London : Imprimé pour S. Van den Berg, libraire = Printed for S. Van den Berg, bookseller in Exeter change [sic] in the Strand, MDCCLXIV [1764] · 15 pictures

A 1764 London edition of Charles Perrault's fairy tales, printed for bookseller S. Van den Berg in the Strand and issued in French with English translation, aimed at children. The four engraved plates show fairy-tale scenes rendered in fine, even line work, with a designer able to draw on their tidy architecture, woodland paths and costumed figures for period storybook compositions.

Children's stories, French · Fairy tales · France · Juvenile literature · Translations into english

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