GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Wood Engraving, 1862 - TOM THUMB (3) 1st EDITION / SIGNED / RARE Year: 1939

Year: 1939

The hand-cut pages are crisp and clean with some pages remaining uncut

but it is nevertheless to be commended for its attempt to give in simple language for the lay reader the scientific explanation of many of the things usually shrouded in mystery

with tales by Guy de Maupassant

and "Tales of Chinese Children" for children

GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Wood Engraving, 1862 - TOM THUMB (3) 1st EDITION / SIGNED / RARE Year: 1939GUSTAVE 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 TOM THUMB (Or Hop o' My Thumb Little Thumb Little Tom Thumb, or "Le Petit Poucet"), 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