GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Wood Engraving, 1862 - TOM THUMB (3) 1st EDITION / SIGNED / RARE gilt text on spine

gilt text on spine

some spots of foxing throughout (more a product of the paper of the time)

Miniature Books page 167

A worn but rare copy

with tales by Guy de Maupassant

GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Wood Engraving, 1862 - TOM THUMB (3) 1st EDITION / SIGNED / RARE gilt text on spineGUSTAVE 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