Justin Croft Antiquarian Books : [AULNOY, Madame d’.]

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AN EPHEMERAL FAIRY-TALE

[AULNOY, Madame d’.] Le Prince Désir. [N.p., N.d., but probably Caen: Chalopin, c.1800-1810]

12mo (142 × 84 mm.), pp. 12. Title within woodcut border, attractive woodcut illustration and vignettes on verso of last leaf within woodcut border. Stitched as issued. Slightly spotted, but a good crisp copy of an ephemeral production printed on paper of indifferent quality.

Rare chapbook style fairy-tale romance, which has the same design as the booklets published by Pierre Chalopin who worked in Caen around 1800-1810. The text is probably derived from that of Madame d’Aulnoy (1650/1-1705).

Oberlé, Cat. La Bibliothèque Bleue, 1983 202; Hélot 200, Sauvy 99, Not listed in COPAC, BL, Osborne or Gumuchian.

£260.00 (equal to approx. US$411.70* or €321.54* for 22 May 2012)

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