D'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales

D'Aulnoy, Countess

Verlag: David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1923

Beschreibung

Small 4to. xii, 457pp. Blue cloth in a linen pattern, gilt spine title, full color past-on to the upper board, top edge red, illustrated endpapers. A fine, bright, as-new copy. The dustwrapper is rough along the edges and a little age-soiled, else is near fine. Illustrated with eight full page full color plates as well as black and white in-text illustrations by Gustaf Tenggren. Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy,also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was known for her literary fairy tales. When she termed her works 'contes de fées' (fairy tales), she originated the term that is now generally used for the genre. Gustaf Tenggren was a Swedish-American illustrator known for his Rackham-esque fairy-tale style. He was a chief illustrator for Walt Disney in the late 1930s, whose work appeared in films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 22352

Bibliografische Details

Titel: D'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales

Verlag: David McKay Company, Philadelphia

Erscheinungsdatum: 1923

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren.

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Auflage: First edition.