Cabinet des fées, ou, Collection choisie des contes des fées et autre contes merveilleux
A late eighteenth-century French fairy tale collection compiled by Charles-Joseph Mayer and published in Geneva in 1785 for readers of wondrous stories. Its three copperplate engravings are small framed scenes with captions printed beneath, showing costumed figures in interiors and gardens with draped bed curtains, flowing gowns and careful hatching. A designer might take from them the formal period costume, theatrical staging and the way captioned text sits under each image.
