Frantsuzskie Narodnye Skazki [Original illustrations by Dmitrii Mitrokhin]

Moskva/Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo Khudozhestvennoi Literatury, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition in this format; 5 1/2" x 8"; pp. [4], iii-xxvi, [4], 3-357, [3]; original yellow pictorial boards, embossed in red and black; minor wear to edges; a few small pen marks to lower margin of front cover; very good. Full-page color frontis; full-page b & w illustrations throughout; lettrines at beginning of each chapter. A charming compilation of old tales, translated from the original French. What makes the book that much more interesting is the beautiful art in it by Dmitrii Isidorovich Mitrokhin - a brilliant and well-known Russian artist and illustrator.