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Mayer, Charles-Joseph, 1751-ca. 1825 · 1785 · A Genève : Chez Barde, Manget · 6 pictures

A French fairy tale anthology compiled by Charles-Joseph Mayer and published in Geneva in 1785, aimed at general readers of marvellous tales. The four pictures are small woodcut-style tailpieces and vignettes, including a basket of grapes, a thatched cottage beside trees, a beehive with wings and crossed horns, and a helmet with arrows and foliage, which suggest decorative borders, emblem motifs and rustic scenes a designer could adapt for ornament.

Fairy tales

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