Description
Les contes des fées, par Monsieur Perrault. Avec des moralités. Paris: chez G. Valleyre, 1723. Small 8vo, (c.150 x 90mm.), vi, [7]-95, [1]pp., woodcut ornament on title, woodcut ornamental headpieces, the 'moralitées' printed in italic later, later marbled boards, probably late 18th century, short tear without loss in 1 preliminary leaf, some dampstaining
Footnote
Note: There is no date on the title, but the final page is the privilege which is granted to Guillaume Valleyre only and dated 1723. From the Selbourne library and formerly in Birmingham University Library. This early edition is extremely rare and this is the only recorded copy. COPAC records 1 copy only at Birmingham University Library, but this was this very copy, the Selbourne copy, which was then on deposit at the library. Not in Gumuchian or Osborne; no copy traced on Worldcat or KVK.