[Rarebooks] FS: Translation of Grimm's tales by Edgar Taylor. London: 1839

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(CHILDREN’S LITERATURE) Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. GAMMER GRETHEL; OR 
GERMAN FAIRY TALES, AND POPULAR STORIES [Translated by Edgar Taylor], from the 
Collection of MM. Grimm, and Other Sources; with Illustrative Notes. London: 
John Green. 1839. First edition under this title. 8vo. (2),xii,350pp. Plus 
(2)pp. publisher’s ads. Illustrated with a wood engraved frontis. of Gammer Grethel 
sketched by Ludwig Grimm, and 12 wood engraved plates (each a chapter 
heading), as well as numerous text drawings, many of the illustrations from designs 
by George Cruikshank. Bound in publisher’s deluxe full green morocco, blind and 
gilt stamped, extremities lightly scuffed. A.e.g. Scarce.     $500.00 (trade 
discount allowed)
Grimm’s tales were first translated by Edgar Taylor (d. 1839) in 1823-1826, 
as GERMAN POPULAR STORIES. Our 1839 edition is a new compilation by Taylor 
published in the year of his death.

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