GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Wood Engraving, 1862 - TOM THUMB (3) 1st EDITION / SIGNED / RARE but it is nevertheless to

but it is nevertheless to be commended for its attempt to give in simple language for the lay reader the scientific explanation of many of the things usually shrouded in mystery

with tales by Guy de Maupassant

1875 - Bussum

gilt text on spine

GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Wood Engraving, 1862 - TOM THUMB (3) 1st EDITION / SIGNED / RARE but it is nevertheless toGUSTAVE 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