GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Engraving, 1862 - FAIRYTALE FRONTISPIECE TAROT evocation of spirits

evocation of spirits

firm and tight save for some light shelf-wear

City: Alexandria

save for leather chip missing from the bottom spine

First facsimile edition

GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Engraving, 1862 - FAIRYTALE FRONTISPIECE TAROT evocation of spiritsGUSTAVE 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;