GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Engraving, 1862 - FAIRYTALE FRONTISPIECE HERBALS Pagination: 284

Pagination: 284

decorated ffep is detached but present

he studied astrology and the occult

Includes 24 wonderful and whimsical color illustrations

GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Engraving, 1862 - FAIRYTALE FRONTISPIECE HERBALS Pagination: 284GUSTAVE 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;