GUSTAVE DORÉ - FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Wood Engraving, 1862 - DONKEY SKIN (#5) STERLING SILVER with a bit of fraying

with a bit of fraying to spine ends

Beautiful illustrations include some by Gustav Dore

of Percy K

- Catalogue 38

highly decorated 2nd edition from 1877 of Moses Wolcott Redding's MASONIC ANTIQUITIES OF THE ORIENT UNVEILED

GUSTAVE DORÉ - FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Wood Engraving, 1862 - DONKEY SKIN (#5) STERLING SILVER with a bit of frayingGUSTAVE 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;