Accession number
PML 86063-67
Published
A La Haye : Chez Adrian Moetjens, 1694-1696.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1992.
Notes
Dates from title pages (in red & black). Each vol. in six parts, each part with special t.p.: vol. 5, pt. 4 dated 1696; vol. 5, pt. 5 dated 1697; vol. 5, pt. 6 dated 1701.
Contains early printed versions of the poetry & fairy tales (in prose & verse) of Charles Perrault. The text of La belle au bois dormant (vol. V, pt. I, 1696) is that of Mercure Galant (féb. 1696); the text of remaining seven tales in prose (vol. V, pt. IV, 1697) is that of the Barbin edition. For details of bibliographical history of Perrault's tales, see Rouger (esp. p. lxix).
Contains early printed versions of the poetry & fairy tales (in prose & verse) of Charles Perrault. The text of La belle au bois dormant (vol. V, pt. I, 1696) is that of Mercure Galant (féb. 1696); the text of remaining seven tales in prose (vol. V, pt. IV, 1697) is that of the Barbin edition. For details of bibliographical history of Perrault's tales, see Rouger (esp. p. lxix).
Description
5 v. ; 15 cm
Binding
Sprinkled calf, gilt.
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