![GRIMM, Jakob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm GRIMM (1786-1859). German Popular Stories. Translated from the Kinder und Haus Märchen [by Edgar Taylor]. London: C. Baldwyn [vol. II: James Robins], 1823-1826. 8° (178 x 106mm). Half-titles, 2 engraved titles, 20 etched plates by George Cruikshank, plates in vol. I printed in sepia, advertisements at end of vol. II only. (Text and plates browned and spotted, offsetting from plates, vol. II with paper flaw on B4v affecting two letters, and hole in D9 affecting three words.) Contemporary polished calf, spines gilt (front joints of both vols. cracked but cords holding, lightly rubbed).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2015/CKS/2015_CKS_10457_0067_001(grimm_jakob_and_wilhelm_grimm_german_popular_stories_translated_from_t010710).jpg?w=1)
![GRIMM, Jakob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm GRIMM (1786-1859). German Popular Stories. Translated from the Kinder und Haus Märchen [by Edgar Taylor]. London: C. Baldwyn [vol. II: James Robins], 1823-1826. 8° (178 x 106mm). Half-titles, 2 engraved titles, 20 etched plates by George Cruikshank, plates in vol. I printed in sepia, advertisements at end of vol. II only. (Text and plates browned and spotted, offsetting from plates, vol. II with paper flaw on B4v affecting two letters, and hole in D9 affecting three words.) Contemporary polished calf, spines gilt (front joints of both vols. cracked but cords holding, lightly rubbed).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2015/CKS/2015_CKS_10457_0067_000(grimm_jakob_and_wilhelm_grimm_german_popular_stories_translated_from_t101446).jpg?w=1)
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GRIMM, Jakob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm GRIMM (1786-1859). German Popular Stories. Translated from the Kinder und Haus Märchen [by Edgar Taylor]. London: C. Baldwyn [vol. II: James Robins], 1823-1826. 8° (178 x 106mm). Half-titles, 2 engraved titles, 20 etched plates by George Cruikshank, plates in vol. I printed in sepia, advertisements at end of vol. II only. (Text and plates browned and spotted, offsetting from plates, vol. II with paper flaw on B4v affecting two letters, and hole in D9 affecting three words.) Contemporary polished calf, spines gilt (front joints of both vols. cracked but cords holding, lightly rubbed).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, second state, with the Umlaut in Märchen on the title of volume I. German Popular Stories is the first illustrated children's book in the modern sense. "By urging that 'works of fancy and fiction' have an important place in children's reading, [Edgar Taylor, the translator] may be seen as making the first moves in a campaign that was to lead to the final freeing of constraints upon the writers and publishers of books for children" (Alderson & Oyens, p.304). Morgan Library 197; Cohn 369.
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, second state, with the Umlaut in Märchen on the title of volume I. German Popular Stories is the first illustrated children's book in the modern sense. "By urging that 'works of fancy and fiction' have an important place in children's reading, [Edgar Taylor, the translator] may be seen as making the first moves in a campaign that was to lead to the final freeing of constraints upon the writers and publishers of books for children" (Alderson & Oyens, p.304). Morgan Library 197; Cohn 369.
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