GUSTAVE DORÉ - FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Wood Engraving, 1862 - DONKEY SKIN (#5) STERLING SILVER highly decorated 2nd edition from

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

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

Publisher: Ivor Nicholson & Watson

- Catalogue 38

GUSTAVE DORÉ - FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Wood Engraving, 1862 - DONKEY SKIN (#5) STERLING SILVER highly decorated 2nd edition fromGUSTAVE 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;