GUSTAVE DORÉ - FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Wood Engraving, 1862 - DONKEY SKIN (#5) STERLING SILVER martial arts

martial arts

courtship and marriage with references to the different plants

with a bit of fraying to spine ends

Both volumes have bookplate on front free endpaper and small bookseller sticker on inside front boards

Beautiful illustrations include some by Gustav Dore

GUSTAVE DORÉ - FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Wood Engraving, 1862 - DONKEY SKIN (#5) STERLING SILVER martial artsGUSTAVE 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 DONKEY SKIN (or "Peau d'ne"), 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 blue cloth binding, with embossed gilt decorations;