PERRAULT (Charles). Contes. Paris, Nicolas Gosselin, 1724. In-12, new edition including Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Master Cat or Puss in Boots, Fairies, Cinderella, Riquet à la houppe and Thumbelina. Rebacked copy in a full 18th-century marbled calf binding, the covers with triple filleted bands bearing the arms of the Duc d'Aumont, 5-ribbed spine, red morocco title-piece. Copy enriched with the engraving "Il était une fois..." in the frontispiece. Ex-libris Josy Mazodier. (title page and endpapers replaced, some soiling, restorations to bottom right-hand corner of folio KII and to margins of penultimate two folios). Expert: Mr. Nicolas Asvisio