Covers
Grimm, J., Grimm, W., Lucas, A., & Rackham, A. (1909). The fairy tales of the brothers Grimm. Constable. Maastricht University Special Collections. – 000
Rare, sought-after first edition of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, and published by Constable in London in 1909. This is the first U.K. edition, with 40 tipped-in colored plates, plus many in-text black-and-white illustrations. Original decoratively gilt-stamped red cloth cover. “The Studio”, an illustrated fine- and applied-art magazine, reviewed this particular edition in…
Read MorePerrault, C., & Saint-Germain, J.T. de. (1865). Contes de Perrault. Librairie de Théodore Lefèvre et Cie, Émile Guérin. Maastricht University Special Collections. Call number: MU KEMP 079
Charles Perrault (1628-1703) is well known for collecting and transcribing oral traditional French fairy tales. While the tales have various origins, they were mainly inspired by the works of Virgil and Apuleius, though there was also inspiration taken from the works of Straparola and Basile. Unlike the Brothers Grimm, Perrault reworked the tales with children…
Read MoreGrimm, J., Grimm, W., & Tenggren, G. (1923). Grimm’s märchenschatz: ausgewählte kinder-und hausmärchen. Verlagsanstalt H. Klemm A.-G. Maastricht University Special Collections. Call number: MU KPB 053 – 0001
This collection of fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers offers a treasure trove of rules for readers. The moral or lesson in each story encapsulates rules of behavior for members of society. Readers were taught the rules through means of fictitious and fantastical story settings, yet those stories thoroughly mirrored the needs and expectations of…
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