{"product_id":"grimm-s-fairy-tales-1","title":"Grimm’s Fairy Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e6C The Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Edward Wehnert. New York: Wm. L. Allison Co., ca. 1900.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-hveid=\"CAAIBhAA\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eThe collected \u003cem data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" class=\"eujQNb\"\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"T286Pc\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiNlt3Ng9WUAxWXI0QIHfbRG6oQ3egRegYIAAgGEAE\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" id=\"\" role=\"button\" class=\"jAOkJc\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003eFairy Tales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e of the Brothers Grimm stands as an unparalleled treasury of European folklore, introducing the world to foundational narratives of magic, morality, and human resilience. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"T286Pc\"\u003eOriginally compiled from centuries-old oral storytelling traditions, the brothers preserved over 200 stories, including iconic masterpieces such as \"\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiNlt3Ng9WUAxWXI0QIHfbRG6oQ3egRegYIAAgGEAI\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" id=\"\" role=\"button\" class=\"jAOkJc\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003eCinderella\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e,\" \"\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiNlt3Ng9WUAxWXI0QIHfbRG6oQ3egRegYIAAgGEAM\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" id=\"\" role=\"button\" class=\"jAOkJc\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003eHansel and Gretel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e,\" \"\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiNlt3Ng9WUAxWXI0QIHfbRG6oQ3egRegYIAAgGEAQ\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" id=\"\" role=\"button\" class=\"jAOkJc\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003eRapunzel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e,\" \"\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiNlt3Ng9WUAxWXI0QIHfbRG6oQ3egRegYIAAgGEAU\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" id=\"\" role=\"button\" class=\"jAOkJc\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003eSnow-White\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e,\" and \"\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiNlt3Ng9WUAxWXI0QIHfbRG6oQ0fERegYIAAgGEAY\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"\"\u003eSleeping Beauty\u003c\/span\u003e.\" Far from the sanitized adaptations of modern popular media, these original narratives delve into remarkably dark and eerie themes, charting encounters with cunning witches, flesh-eating giants, and vindictive royalty\u003c\/span\u003e. The overarching plots systematically test the wit and purity of downtrodden protagonists, employing stark elements of poetic justice and supernatural retribution to construct a complex, enduring mirror of human nature and societal anxieties.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-hveid=\"CAAIBhAA\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-hveid=\"CAAIBxAA\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003eThe original compilation was meticulously gathered by the German philologists and linguists Jacob Grimm (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859). Driven by a fierce academic desire to rescue and preserve authentic Germanic cultural heritage during the Napoleonic era, the brothers began publishing their field research in 1812 under the title \u003cem data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" class=\"eujQNb\"\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"T286Pc\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiNlt3Ng9WUAxWXI0QIHfbRG6oQ3egRegYIAAgHEAE\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" id=\"\" role=\"button\" class=\"jAOkJc\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003eKinder- und Hausmärchen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (Children's and Household Tales). Though initially envisioned as an unillustrated, scholarly text complete with heavy footnotes, public demand prompted the brothers to steadily edit and refine the prose across seven successive editions, making the narratives vastly more child-friendly and commercially viable. This text serves as the ultimate bedrock of modern folklore studies, transforming the brothers from small-town academics into celebrated architects of world literature whose work permanently reshaped how Western civilization approaches childhood education and oral history.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-hveid=\"CAAIBxAA\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-hveid=\"CAAIEBAA\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003eThe visual legacy of the collection in the mid-19th century was fundamentally shaped by the English painter and illustrator Edward Henry Wehnert (1813–1868). Born in Soho, London to German immigrant parents, Wehnert was uniquely bilingual and educated at Göttingen University, giving him a profound cultural affinity for the psychological drama and rustic borders intrinsic to traditional German romantic art. His landmark suite of up to 240 intricate wood-engraved designs—first commissioned for landmark London editions like Addey and Co.’s 1853 \u003cem data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" class=\"eujQNb\"\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"T286Pc\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiNlt3Ng9WUAxWXI0QIHfbRG6oQ3egRegYIAAgQEAI\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" id=\"\" role=\"button\" class=\"jAOkJc\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003eHousehold Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e—bridged the gap between classic German romanticism and British Victorian publishing taste. Wehnert’s dark, highly detailed illustrations provided the definitive visual blueprint that transitioned the Grimms' raw text into an accessible, exquisitely decorated staple of the global middle-class home library.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-hveid=\"CAAIEBAA\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-hveid=\"CAAIEBAA\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-hveid=\"CAAIEBAA\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-hveid=\"CAAIEBAA\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003eGray cloth boards with pictorial design to covers and spine in black, gilt title blocked to spine. Illustrations throughout. No date but ca. 1900. Toning to some pages with some foxing. Slight soiling to spine. Otherwise a very fine copy.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Moons Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56529345282214,"sku":null,"price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0173\/6563\/1040\/files\/ED89C376-8A41-4B1A-B885-0B7B12666340.jpg?v=1780333590","url":"https:\/\/moons-rare-books.myshopify.com\/products\/grimm-s-fairy-tales-1","provider":"Moons Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}