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Les Illustres fées : contes galans : dedié aux dames / par Madame D**.

Accession number
PML 83401
Published
A La Haye : Chez Meindert Uytwerf, marchand libraire dans le Hofstraet, prés la Cour, 1698.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1981.
Notes
Authorship uncertain: has been attributed to the Chevalier de Mailly (Barchilon, J. Conte merveilleux français) and to Madame d'Aulnoy (Cioranescu, A. Litt. française).
Dedication signed: B.N.
Etched frontispiece (conjugate with letterpress title leaf) included in pagination; other illustrations (etchings) printed on pages with letterpress.
Frontispiece signed: F.
Library's copy: ms. inscription on front fly-leaf: Anne Smith 1700.
Signatures: pi²*⁴A-L¹²M-N⁶.
Description
[12], 287, [1] p. (6th leaf and last p. blank) : ill. (etchings) ; 14 cm
Binding
Brown speckled calf, gilt.
Classification
Department