The entertaining tales of the fairies
Subtitle: selected for the entertainment of young people, from the library in the court of Queen Mab
By: embellished with cuts
Publisher: Printed for R. Snagg, No. 186, near St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-street; and W. Nicoll, No. 51, St. Paul's Church-Yard
Published: 1775
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Number of pages: 69
Subjects: Fairy tales
Other titles: Tales of the fairies.
Work titles: Contes des fées
Notes: Translation of Madame d'Aulnoy's Contes des fées; authorship attributed in NUC pre-1956, 26:238.

Running title: Tales of the fairies.

Two of the six tales are by Madame d'Auneuil; one is by Madame de Murat, cf. Palmer, N. and M. English editions ... Mme D'Aulnoy (Studies in bibl. 27, 1974), p. 227-232.

Date from publisher's address and date of other collaborations between Snagg and Nicoll, cf. Plomer, H.R. Dictionary of booksellers and printers 1726 to 1775.

Signatures: A-D¹²·⁶ (D6 blank).

Last leaf is a pastedown.

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Table of contents: title: The history of the fairy of pleasure, and the cruel Amerdin / [by Mme d'Auneuil, cf. ref. above]; title: The little white cat; title: The royal ram; title: The pigeon and the dove; title: The palace of revenge / [by Mme de Murat, cf. ref. above]; title: History of the Princess Leonice / [by Mme d'Auneunil, cf. ref. above]; title: Advertisement [1] p. at end; "The third volume contains the delightful Tale of the Genii: or the instructive lessons of Horam, the son of Ismar."