Rare French edition of DAVID BRETT'S NURSERY BOOK, featuring four classic fairy tales lavishly illustrated in large format and printed on textured paper.
Very good.
Price: $300.00
The four fairy tales are "Cinderella," "Puss In Boots," "Three Little Pigs" and the "Three Little Kittens." Brett's style is strongly reminiscent of W.W. Denslow, the acclaimed American artist who illustrated the first edition of THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ (1900). This book first appeared in London from Dean & Son circa 1905. A great fairy tale picture book and rare, with only one holding found via OCLC, at the BnF.
Paris: Hachette, circa 1907. 12'' x 9.5''. Original cloth-backed color pictorial boards. Black endpapers. Illustrated with bold colors and broad strokes by David Brett. Printed on textured paper, the pages are artfully arranged with text integrated into the illustrations. [48] pages. Boards rather worn and soiled, some areas of staining to rear board; rear endpaper bubbling a bit. Faint staining to text, a few short closed tears to leaves, some minutely repaired. Bright.
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