{"product_id":"1883-rare-french-book-le-monde-enchante-the-enchanting-world-by-m-de-lescure","title":"1883 Rare French Book - Le Monde Enchanté -The Enchanting World by M. de Lescure","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn exceptionally handsome 1883 illustrated collection of classic French fairy tales, including Perrault’s\u003c\/em\u003e Cinderella \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e Sleeping Beauty \u003cem\u003eand Madame Leprince de Beaumont’s\u003c\/em\u003e Beauty and the Beast, \u003cem\u003epresented in a superb full red morocco binding and illustrated with 37 engravings after A. Gaillard.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e M. de Lescure. With fairy tales by Charles Perrault, Mlle L’Héritier, Mme d’Aulnoy, Mlle de La Force, the Comte de Caylus, Mme Leprince de Beaumont and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eLe Monde enchanté. Choix de douze contes de fées, précédé d’une Histoire des fées et de la littérature féerique en France.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, Imprimeurs de l’Institut, 1883.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1883 edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e French.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e lxxx, 432 pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.5 x 6.5 inches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good to near fine full red morocco binding, beautifully executed with five raised bands, richly gilt ornamental spine compartments and gilt lettering. Boards decorated with elegant blind-stamped concentric panels and ruled borders. All edges gilt. Attractive pale moiré-patterned endpapers. Binding firm, bright and exceptionally well preserved, with only minimal signs of age and handling. Protected in a removable mylar cover. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good condition. Complete and firmly bound, with clean, well-preserved pages showing only occasional light spotting and age toning. Includes a tissue-guarded frontispiece. The volume contains an extensive introductory \u003cem\u003eHistoire des fées et de la littérature féerique en France\u003c\/em\u003e, followed by twelve celebrated fairy tales including \u003cem\u003eLa Belle au Bois dormant\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCendrillon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLe Petit-Poucet\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eL’Oiseau Bleu\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLa Chatte Blanche\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLa Belle et la Bête\u003c\/em\u003e and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Illustrated with 37 engravings after drawings by A. Gaillard, including full-page plates and smaller illustrations throughout, depicting the enchanted landscapes, supernatural figures, princesses and dramatic episodes of the tales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEstimate: $250–350 USD.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLe Monde enchanté\u003c\/em\u003e is both a literary history of the French fairy-tale tradition and a substantial anthology of some of its most important stories. De Lescure opens the volume with an extensive study of fairies and \u003cem\u003ela littérature féerique en France\u003c\/em\u003e, before presenting twelve tales drawn from several of the writers who shaped the French literary fairy tale during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe selection is particularly appealing. Alongside Perrault’s \u003cem\u003eLa Belle au Bois dormant\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCendrillon\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLe Petit-Poucet\u003c\/em\u003e appear Madame d’Aulnoy’s \u003cem\u003eL’Oiseau Bleu\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLa Biche au Bois\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLa Chatte Blanche\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as Madame Leprince de Beaumont’s celebrated \u003cem\u003eLa Belle et la Bête\u003c\/em\u003e. The impressive series of 37 engravings and the luxurious red morocco binding make this copy considerably more decorative than the ordinary examples of the edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMathurin de Lescure (1833–1892) was a French historian, critic, man of letters and editor whose writings ranged widely across French literature and cultural history. His introductory essay in \u003cem\u003eLe Monde enchanté\u003c\/em\u003e places the fairy tale within a broader literary tradition and reflects the nineteenth-century revival of scholarly and popular interest in folklore, fantasy and the literature of childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eBy combining literary history with the texts themselves, Lescure created a volume that could be appreciated both as an anthology of beloved tales and as a study of the development of French \u003cem\u003eféerie\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe illustrator:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA. Gaillard supplied the drawings for the 37 engravings that enliven this edition. His illustrations range from intimate narrative scenes to dramatic full-page compositions filled with enchanted forests, supernatural beings, elegant interiors and fairy-tale heroines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe finely worked monochrome illustrations suit the sophisticated character of the book particularly well, giving familiar stories such as \u003cem\u003eCendrillon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLa Belle au Bois dormant\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLa Belle et la Bête\u003c\/em\u003e a distinctly late nineteenth-century visual interpretation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525612703993,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/3348\/files\/20260923mondeenchante_01.jpg?v=1790203753","url":"https:\/\/mflibra.com\/products\/1883-rare-french-book-le-monde-enchante-the-enchanting-world-by-m-de-lescure","provider":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}