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The Sleeping Beauty and Other Tales Told from the Old French by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
The Sleeping Beauty and Other Tales Told from the Old French by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
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Author – Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
Illustrator – DULAC, Edmund
Publisher – Hodder & Stoughton
Edition – First of this edition, limited to 1000 copies
Year – Circa 1909/1910
Condition – Good
A fine large illustrated copy of The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales
Embossed and gilt decoration on front cover and spine, blind embossed on back cover. Corners bumped, spine shows wear.
Undated, but research suggests circa 1909/10.
This is the deluxe edition of an iconic version of Perrault's fairy tales with images by Dulac that unite Art Nouveau fantasy with references to Persian miniatures and a sensibility that looks forwards to Art Deco. Quiller-Couch's translations of Charles Perrault's Sleeping Beauty, Blue Beard, Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast keep the lightness and wit of the originals, lost in more recent versions. Dulac's images use 18th century clothing and interiors to refer to the context of Perrault's tales, but with fantastic and Orientalist elements that set them apart from designs by his contemporaries like Arthur Rackham. The plates alone are sensational.
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