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Les Contes de Perrault

Author Charles Perrault French
Illustrator Gustave Doré French
Publisher J. Hetzel et Compagnie French
1864
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Object Information
  • Title: Les Contes de Perrault
  • Author: Charles Perrault (French, Paris 1628–1703 Paris)
  • Illustrator: Gustave Doré (French, Strasbourg 1832–1883 Paris)
  • Publisher: J. Hetzel et Compagnie , Paris
  • Date: 1864
  • Dimensions: 17 3/8 × 13 1/16 × 1 9/16 in. (44.2 × 33.1 × 4 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1969
  • Object Number: 69.708.32
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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