Edmund Dulac illustrated Fairy Tale Stories From Hans Andersen by Doran c 1900

Description: Edmund Dulac illustrated Fairy Tale Stories From Hans Andersen by Doran c 1900 Antique first edition book--This rare storybook includes many well known fairy tales from the Dutch collector, Hans Christian Andersen as well as numerous illustrations by Edmund Dulac. In GOOD condition especially considering it's age. No dust cover. Un-dated. Beautiful, faded Gold gilt cover illustration and lettering upon the spine. Shelf wear to spine tips as well as along the board cover edges and bent corners. Decorative endpapers. Spine slit at the front cover. Numerous tipped-in pasted color print pictures are pasted in to the story book and are somewhat loosely positioned upon the pages (which is ideal if you want to scan the images but they can easily be secured with an acid free glue stick). One image is missing, but the other sixteen are present. Thick, crisp feeling leaves and large type-facing. This fabulous artwork was done by the famous Edmund Dulac (1882 - 1953). Edmund Dulac was a French British naturalized magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. His illustrations are highly sought after and very collectible. No marked, loose, torn, creased, missing leaves. Free from strong odors. This is a great reading copy which also looks lovely upon the shelf. Enjoy this age old Dutch Fairy Tales collection and share it with your family. 250 pages 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 1/2" First Edition thus, c 1900 - Doran A Dutch fellow, named Hans Christian Andersen of notorious playwright began collecting Fairy Stories from more Northern regions of Europe. His first Collection, Fairy Tales Told for Children, was published in a series of three installments by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark between May 1835 and April 1837. Danish reviews of the first two booklets first appeared in 1836 and were not enthusiastic. The critics disliked the chatty, informal style and immorality that flew in the face of their expectations. Children's literature was meant to educate rather than to amuse. The critics discouraged Andersen from pursuing this type of style. Andersen believed that he was working against the critics' preconceived notions about fairy tales, and he temporarily returned to novel-writing. The critics' reaction was so severe that Andersen waited a full year before publishing his third installment. The nine tales from the three booklets were combined and then published in one volume and sold at seventy-two shillings. A title page, a table of contents, and a preface by Andersen were published in this volume. Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes and translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally accessible to children, yet present lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. The resulting collections of Fairy Tales by Andersen, as well as other editions to follow, has been created after two centuries of blending and refinement through a widespread, cultural need of fantastical stories. Ships wrapped in tissue, tied with string and handmade tags then packed securely in repurposed materials 'Waste not, want not' More nostalgic relics available in the Vintage & Antique Boutique

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