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Author : Countess d'Aulnoy and Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. (Henry Morin, illustrator).
Title : CONTES DE FÉES. Illustrations par Henry Morin. Introduction par Louis Tarsot.
Publisher : Paris, Librairie Renouard, Henri Laurens Éditeur, no date (circa 1900). First thus.
Language : Text in French.
Size : 11 " X 9 ".
Pages : III-114 pages.
Binding : Attractive and very good (near fine) exquisite original cloth binding gilt decorated under a protective removable mylar cover. Scarce in the blue variant and rare in such a nice condition!
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, light yellowing of the outer margins - as shown). Upper edge gilt.
Illustrations : Profusely illustrated within the text, in color and in black and white by the French illustrator Henry Morin (January 21, 1873 - January 4, 1961).

Estimate : (USD 200 - USD 350).

The book : Attractive, beautiful and scarce editon of the Fairy Tales by The Countess d`Aulnoy and Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont including Beauty and the Beast. A rare find in any condition! 

Content : Gracieuse et Percinet; L'Oiseau Bleu, La Belle aux cheveux d'or, La Biche au bois, La Chatte Blanche; Les Trois Souhaits, Le Prince Chéri, La Belle et la Bête, Le Prince Charmant, Le Prince au long nez.

The authors:
Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy (1650/1651–4 January 1705), also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales. When she termed her works contes de fées (fairy tales), she originated the term that is now generally used for the genre.

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (26 April 1711 – 8 September 1780) was a French author who wrote the best known version of Beauty and the Beast. Her third husband was the French spy Thomas Pichon (1757–1760).