GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Wood Engraving, 1862 - SLEEPING BEAUTY (2) SECRET SOCIETIES ) before title page

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The individual wood engraving for sale is PUSS IN BOOTS (or "Le Maitre Chat

ALSO CALLED THE APOTELESMATIKE PRAGMATEIA

He believed implicitly in the efficacy of prayer and claimed psychic powers himself

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GUSTAVE DORÉ, FAIRY TALES BY PERRAULT Wood Engraving, 1862 - SLEEPING BEAUTY (2) SECRET SOCIETIES ) before title pageGUSTAVE DOR ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVING FROM "FAIRY TALES RETOLD BY PERRAULT" [1862] Book Details + Condition: Librarie Firmin Didot Frres et Fils (Paris), 1862. The individual wood engraving for sale is SLEEPING BEAUTY ("La Belle au Bois Dormant"), from "Les Contes de Perrault" or, "Fairy Tales Retold by Perrault", illustrated by Gustave Dor. Dor's 40+ full page wood engraved plates fill the book. The book itself had blue cloth binding, with embossed