Histories or tales of past times told by Mother Goose : with morals
Author:
Perrault, Charles
Editor:
Childers, J. Saxon
Illustrator:
Quick, W. M. R.
Publisher:
Nonesuch Press
Printer:
R. and R. Clark Ltd.
Written in French by M. Perrault ; & Englished by G. M., gent. ; newly edited by J. Saxon Childers
Contents: Little Red Riding-Hood.--The fairy.--Blue Beard.--The sleeping beauty in the wood.--The master cat.--Cinderella.--Riquet with the tuft.--Little Thumb.
127 p., [1] leaf of plates : col. ill. ; 17 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John
Production date: AD 1925
Translation of Histoires ou contes du temps passé Frontispiece and 8 illustrations printed from woodcuts recut by W.M.R. Quick and coloured through stencils by the Curwen Press "This edition is limited to 1250 copies printed in Edinburgh by R. and R. Clark, Ltd. The pictures are hand-coloured. The pictures are hand-coloured. The text-paper is Dutch mould-made & the cover-paper is Chinese. This is number [in ms] 848"-- t.p. verso. Quarter bound in blue cloth with patterned Chinese paper sides.
Support
composed of
paper
Illustrations
Accession number: PB 313-2003
Primary reference Number: 96020
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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