Cabinet des fées, ou, Collection choisie des contes des fées et autre contes merveilleux
A fairy-tale anthology compiled by Charles-Joseph Mayer and published in Geneva in 1785, its copperplate engravings illustrate moral fables and tales of wonder for young readers. The three plates show engraved scenes with figures in landscape and interior settings, with dense cross-hatching, framed captions below, and a clear mix of pastoral, animal, and Eastern-style subjects a designer could borrow for period-flavoured narrative art.
