GRIMM, JAKOB and WILHELM. German Popular Stories, translated from the Kinder and Haus Machen. 22 etched plates by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, printed in brown in first volume and in black in second. 2 volumes. 12mo, brown calf gilt with red morocco lettering

GRIMM, JAKOB and WILHELM. German Popular Stories, translated from the Kinder and Haus Machen. 22 etched plates by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, printed in brown in first volume and in black in second. 2 volumes. 12mo, brown calf gilt with red morocco lettering pieces; scattered minor foxing, lightly affecting some plates, lacks half-titles and adleaf. London, 1823-26 E2000-3000 FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH; mixed issue of Volume 1. "This is Cruikshank's most original work . . . Hisdelicate and fanciful designs fixed what fairy tale illustration ought to be once and for all in the minds of English readers"-Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England 112. Cohn 369; Gottlieb 197.