Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm. Brothers Grimm Fine Bindings and Sets

Finely bound edition of this collection of classic fairytales. Octavo, bound in full dark blue morocco by Kelliegram with gilt titles and floral tooling to the spine, floral ruling to the front and rear panels with pictorial inlays of Red Riding Hood, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, silk moire endpapers, all edges gilt, silk ribbon bound in, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Sleeping Beauty, illustrated throughout. In near fine condition. Translated from the German by Lucy Crane. Illustrated by Walter Crane. Bookplate to the second free endpaper. An exceptional presentation. The Brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785â "1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786â "1859), were German scholars and folklorists whose collection and study of folk tales profoundly influenced the development of modern folklore studies, linguistics, and literature. Their seminal work, Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Childrenâ s and Household Tales, first published in 1812), preserved and systematized oral storytelling traditions from across German-speaking regions, blending philological rigor with cultural nationalism during the Romantic era. Beyond their fairy tales, the Grimms made lasting contributions to historical linguistics through the formulation of Grimmâ s Law, which traced sound shifts in Indo-European languages.