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GRIMM, Jakob Ludwig Carl (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl (1786-1859). German Popular Stories, translated from the Kinder und Haus-Märchen. London: C. Baldwyn, 1822 [vol. I]; James Robins and Joseph Robins jun., Dublin [vol. II], 1823-1826. 2 volumes, 12° (171 x 101mm), 22 etched plates by George Cruikshank including pictorial titles, plates in vol. I printed in sepia, with half-titles. (Lightly washed, occasional spots and minor soil marks. Vol. I: C11 with repaired marginal tear, H2 rubbed at margin. Vol. II: one plate with long repaired tear touching on image, another with residual soiling at margins, without final advertisement leaf.) Full brown morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, gilt edges.
GRIMM, Jakob Ludwig Carl (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl (1786-1859). German Popular Stories, translated from the Kinder und Haus-Märchen. London: C. Baldwyn, 1822 [vol. I]; James Robins and Joseph Robins jun., Dublin [vol. II], 1823-1826. 2 volumes, 12° (171 x 101mm), 22 etched plates by George Cruikshank including pictorial titles, plates in vol. I printed in sepia, with half-titles. (Lightly washed, occasional spots and minor soil marks. Vol. I: C11 with repaired marginal tear, H2 rubbed at margin. Vol. II: one plate with long repaired tear touching on image, another with residual soiling at margins, without final advertisement leaf.) Full brown morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, gilt edges. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, second issue. The Grimms were well served by both their English translator, Edgar Taylor, and by Cruikshank's etchings, 'the first real, kindly agreeable, and infinitely amusing, and charming illustrations for a child's book in England' (Charles Welsh). Intricately worked, the illustrations were regarded by Ruskin and Thackeray as the artist's chef d'oeuvre, and gave new status to the illustrator's role in children's literature. Alderson & Oyens 304; Cohn 369; Gumuchian I, 2835; Early Children's Books 197; Ray English 112. (2)