Rare Early Edition, With Engravings
Tales of Passed Times by Mother Goose. With Morals. Translated from the French. The Twenty-second Edition.
London: Printed for W. Osborne and J. Griffin, 1786.
. With Morals. Translated from the French. The Twenty-second Edition. London: Printed for W. Osborne and J. Griffin, 1786.
Full Description:
[PERRAULT, Charles]. [MOTHER GOOSE]. The Tales of Passed Times by Mother Goose.. With Morals. Translated from the French. The Twenty-second Edition. London: Printed for W. Osborne and J. Griffin, 1786.
An early, rare edition. The "Twenty-second" edition. Small sixteenmo (3 7/8 x 2 9/16 inches; 98 x 65 mm). With woodcut frontispiece with large engraved signature "A" on verso. Eight half-page woodcut vignettes, one for each story. Bound with the two final blank leaves. We could find only two records of this at auction in the past, one of which is the present copy and the other record may also be this present copy. This edition does not show up in the ESTC and we could only find one library copy at Princeton.
Contemporary Dutch floral boards, heightened in gilt. Endpapers renewed. Some leaves with light spotting. Previous owner Ann White's contemporary ink signature on verso of frontispiece. Bound a bit tight at inner margin, but still readable. Overall a very good copy.
The stories included in this volume are as follows:
Little Red Riding-Hood. The Fairy. Blue Beard. The Sleeping Beauty , in the Woods. The Master Cat; or Puss in Boots. Cinderilla [sic]; or, The Little Glass Slipper. Riquet with the Tuft. Little Thumb.
Perrault’s fairy tales were first collected together and published in 1697. The continuing popularity of these tales is attested to by the large number of editions that have appeared since that time in many languages. Among the most well-known of Perrault’s tales are Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Blue Beard, Cinderella, and Puss in Boots.
HBS 69167.
$7,500.
Price: $7,500.00
Item #69167