Cohen-De Ricci, 198; Ray, n\u00b0 46 (pour la suite de seulement 110 planches); Brunet, I, 1440.<\/i><\/p>\n
The most important corpus of fairy tales published in the 18th<\/sup> century.<\/span><\/p>\n It is illustrated with 120 figures engraved after Marillier by Berthet, Biosse, Choffard, Delvaux, de Ghendt, Langlois, Legrand, de Longueil and others.<\/p>\n This monumental work brings together the works of some forty authors specialising in the fairytale genre, starting with Charles Perrault and Madame d’Aulnoy, whose early editions had already become extremely rare by the end of the 18th<\/sup> century. In the first thirty-six volumes, published in 1785 and 1786, this monumental work brings together tales by Perrault, F\u00e9nelon, Madame d’Aulnoy, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (La Belle et la b\u00eate<\/i>), Mademoiselle de la Force, Mademoiselle Lheritier, Hamilton, Caylus, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the Arabian Nights<\/i> translated by Galland, and others.<\/p>\n This impressive work of compilation, due to the persistence of Chevalier Charles-Joseph de Mayer (1751-1825), was part of the recent fashion for fairy tales and large collections published by subscription. Beyond the commercial aspect, the compiler had two aims: to safeguard works in danger of being forgotten; and to provide future generations with models and sources of inspiration.<\/p>\n Mayer had initially planned to publish thirty volumes at the rate of two per month; thirty-seven were published between 1785 and 1786, to which were added, three years later, the four volumes devoted to oriental tales.<\/p>\n “L’entreprise d’inventaire que constitue Le cabinet des f\u00e9es, publi\u00e9 par le Chevalier de Mayer de 1785 \u00e0 1789, t\u00e9moigne non seulement du succ\u00e8s \u00e9clatant du genre mais \u00e9galement d’un parti pris \u00e9ditorial en faveur de Perrault. Hi\u00e9rarchisant et organisant en 41 volumes pr\u00e8s de cent ans de contes de f\u00e9es, le Chevalier de Mayer accorde aux textes de ce dernier une place pr\u00e9pond\u00e9rante dans une anthologie paradoxalement constitu\u00e9e d’une majorit\u00e9 de contes \u00e9crits par des femmes, contemporaines de Perrault, qui participent \u00e0 la constitution du genre dont elles exploitent les ressources nouvelles. Jusqu’au d\u00e9but du XVIIe si\u00e8cle, rares sont les femmes qui prennent la plume” (Esther Benureau, in: Le Conte de f\u00e9es litt\u00e9raire f\u00e9minin de la fin du XVIIe si\u00e8cle,<\/i> M\u00e9moire, Montr\u00e9al 2009).<\/p>\n “Dans sa rarissime \u00e9dition de 1785 du Cabinet des f\u00e9es, le chevalier de Mayer a rassembl\u00e9 les plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bres et les plus oubli\u00e9s des contes merveilleux que l\u2019on racontait, depuis l\u2019aube du Moyen Age jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la veille de la R\u00e9volution, aux enfants de France. Sans h\u00e9siter, il a repris tous les contes publi\u00e9s par Mme d\u2019Aulnoy, l\u2019\u00e9gale de Charles Perrault\u2026 Les contes de Mme d\u2019Aulnoy sont les r\u00eaves d\u2019une femme. Elle les appelera \u00ab Belle Belle \u00bb, \u00ab L\u2019Oranger et l\u2019abeille \u00bb, \u00ab Le Rameau d\u2019or \u00bb. A ces objets d\u2019encre, Mme d\u2019Aulnoy donnera de la chair en leur inventant des aventures. Histoires qui moussent comme du champagne, \u00e0 faire perdre la t\u00eate, ces contes apprennent \u00e0 leur lecteur qu\u2019il lui faut parfois d\u00e9laisser son c\u0153ur comme on se perd dans la for\u00eat, tout surpris soudain de se retrouver sous les traits d\u2019un grillon ou d\u2019un sanglier” (\u00e9ditions Picquier).<\/p>\n The illustrations of Cl\u00e9ment-Pierre Marillier (1740-1808), one of the finest draughtsmen of his time, revolutionized the iconography of fairy tales, which with this suite – exceptional for its evocative power and finesse of execution – comes of age.<\/p>\n A very good copy, complete with its 120 engraved plates (all volumes contain 3 plates, except volume 37, published without engravings, which contains the complete list of authors of the first 36 volumes).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 41 volumes, 12mo (165 x 100 mm) with 120 engraved plates after Marillier. 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