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Grimm, J., Grimm, W., Lucas, A., & Rackham, A. (1909). The fairy tales of the brothers Grimm. Constable. Maastricht University Special Collections. – 005
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 MoreGrimm, J., Grimm, W., Lucas, A., & Rackham, A. (1909). The fairy tales of the brothers Grimm. Constable. Maastricht University Special Collections. – 004
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 MoreGrimm, J., Grimm, W., Lucas, A., & Rackham, A. (1909). The fairy tales of the brothers Grimm. Constable. Maastricht University Special Collections. – 003
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 MoreGrimm, J., Grimm, W., Lucas, A., & Rackham, A. (1909). The fairy tales of the brothers Grimm. Constable. Maastricht University Special Collections. – 002
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 MoreGrimm, J., Grimm, W., Lucas, A., & Rackham, A. (1909). The fairy tales of the brothers Grimm. Constable. Maastricht University Special Collections. – 001
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 MoreHansel and Gretel. (Pen and watercolor on paper). Steel, F.A.W., & Rackham, A. (1918) English fairy tales. Macmillan & Co. Maastricht University Special Collections. Call Number: MU KPB 010
Hansel and Gretel encapsulates a number of rules. The most prominent rule, and perhaps the most foundational to society, relates to respect for authority. In the story, Hansel and Gretel cannot conceive of the possibility of challenging their parents’ authority. The rule implied was that authority, be it held by parents in the household, the…
Read MoreLittle Red Riding Hood (pen and watercolor on paper). In Steel, F.A.W., & Rackham, A. (1918) English fairy tales. MacMillan & Co. Maastricht University Special Collections. Call number: MU KPB 010
Little Red Riding Hood is a prime example of the universality of fairy tales and the rules they encompass. To begin with, Charles Perrault included this story in his own collection more than a century before the Brothers Grimm added it to theirs. The rules represented in the Grimm version of the story therefore cannot…
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