GRIMM, Jacob Ludwig & Wilhelm Karl. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, translated by Mrs Edgar Lucas, London: Constable, 1909, 4°, number 558 of 750 copies signed by the artist, 40 tipped-in coloured plates on white paper (several plates creased), original pictorial vellum gilt (inner hinges weak, soiled, lacking ties). [Latimore & Haskell p.34]

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GRIMM, Jacob Ludwig & Wilhelm Karl. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, translated by Mrs Edgar Lucas, London: Constable, 1909, 4°, number 558 of 750 copies signed by the artist, 40 tipped-in coloured plates on white paper (several plates creased), original pictorial vellum gilt (inner hinges weak, soiled, lacking ties). [Latimore & Haskell p.34]

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Rackham originally illustrated Grimms' Fairy Tales in 1900 with a coloured frontispiece and 99 black and white drawings. He continued to rework the original drawings and added new ones over the next 9 years before publishing this best-known edition.

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