[Rarebooks] FS: First edition, first issue of the first English Grimm Brothers 1823-26

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(CHILDREN’S LITERATURE) Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. GERMAN POPULAR STORIES, 
Translated from the Kinder und Hans Marchen, Collected by M. M. Grimm from Oral 
Tradition [Translated by Edgar Taylor]. London: C. Baldwin/James Robbins. 
1823-1826. 12mo. xii,240;iv,256,(2)pp., with1 leaf of ads at the back of Volume 2. 
The adverts in Volume 1 are not present in this set. With both half-titles. 
Illustrated with 2 engraved title-pages and 20 plates by George Cruikshank. All 
of the plates in Volume 1 are printed in brown, two of which have a duplicate 
plate printed in black, on India paper. Finely bound in 19th century polished 
tan calf, signed by Bedford, neatly rebacked with the ornately gilt spines 
laid down. A.e.g. A fine, tall copy, untrimmed, page size 7-5/16” x 4-1/4”. The 
Turner-Bruton copy (both major 19th century Cruikshank collectors) with pencil 
  notes by Bruton on the front blank. Each volume with the engraved bookplate 
of Edward Henry Hill.     $10,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first edition, first issue (title page without the umlaut in “Marchen,” 
etc.) of this classic of children’s literature. The stories include Hansel and 
Grettel, Little Red Riding Hood, Rumpelstiltskin, The Frog Prince, etc. A 
lovely set.

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