CABINET DES FÉES (Le), ou Collection choisie des contes des - Lot 186

CABINET DES FÉES (Le), ou Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux. Amsterdam and Paris [then Geneva, Barde, Manget et Cie], 1785-1789. 41 volumes in-8, porphyry calf, ornate spines, green titles and goblets, marbled edges (period binding). First in-8 edition of this monumental work, one of the most famous and complete collections of marvelous tales. 120 intaglio figures after Marillier; the 2 figures for Bluebeard and Tom Thumb are the usual ones (cf. Cohen, col. 198). Pleasant copy in porphyry calf. Small paper loss at the corner of the false title of Volume II; small laceration to the last two leaves of the table of Volume VII with loss of a figure at a page number; 4 ff. (cahier R) inverted in Volume XVII. Some freckling. Spine decoration of volume I different, parts renewed. Minor binding defects in some volumes, expertly restored.