Translated by L.L. Weedon
Grimm's Fairy Tales Translated by L.L. Weedon
Nister, 1898.
First edition in this format. 8vo. Red pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, and decorated in black and gilt, with bevelled edges. All edges red. Ten colour plates by Ada Dennis and numerous illustrations by E. Stuart Hardy and others. A fine copy, gift inscription to the front free endpaper but cloth bright and gilt gleaming. Beautifully presented Victorian illustrated edition of these classic fairy stories.
Contains 32 tales from the Brothers Grimm, including Little Snow White, Rapunzel, Hop O'My Thumb and Snow White and Rose Red. "The Nister edition of 1898... was illustrated with numerous black and white drawings... but its chief attraction was in the ten colour plates by Ada Dennis." [Blamires, Telling Tales: The Impact of Germany on English Children's, Books 1780-1918]
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