Popular tales
By: Charles Perrault ; edited by Andrew Lang.
Contributors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912.
Series: International folklore
Publisher: Arno Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Fairy tales -- France
Notes: Originally published in 1697, containing 8 fairy tales. The number was gradually increased to 12 in later editions, and the collection became generally known as Contes des fées. Cf. BN, Tchemerzine, NUC pre-1956.
Lang's introduction is in English; the tales are in French, reprinted from the 1697 ed. (Paris : Claude Barbin)
Reprint of the 1888 ed. published by the Clarendon Press, Oxford.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / [Andrew Lang]; title: La belle au bois dormant; title: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge; title: Le Barbe Bleuë; title: Le maistre chat, ou, Le chat botté; title: Les fées; title: Cendrillon, ou, La petite pantoufle de verre; title: Riquet à la houppe; title: Le petit pouçet.