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[LA MOTHE, Marie-Catha©rine, comtesse d'Aulnoy (ca.1650-1705) and Louise de BOSSIGNY, comtess d'AUNEUIL]. The Celebrated Fairy Tales of Mother Bunch, now republished. [Translated from the French.] London: H. Bryer for J. Harris, 1817.
12° (136 x 86mm), 2 parts in one volume. With 12 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates. Original marbled boards, red roan spine gilt. Provenance: armorial bookplate (unidentified).
The allegorial final story, Little George, is not attributable to either authoress and may not be adapted from a French original. The colouring was probably done at the publisher's. FINE COPY. Moon H-470; A & M 27.
12° (136 x 86mm), 2 parts in one volume. With 12 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates. Original marbled boards, red roan spine gilt. Provenance: armorial bookplate (unidentified).
The allegorial final story, Little George, is not attributable to either authoress and may not be adapted from a French original. The colouring was probably done at the publisher's. FINE COPY. Moon H-470; A & M 27.