ERAGNY PRESS: PERRAULT, Charles.

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Histoire de Peau d'Ane. First edition thus, one of 230 copies beautifully illustrated and printed at the Eragny Press of Lucien and Esther Pissarro. Lucien became acquainted with the Arts and Crafts movement in the 1890s and founded the Eragny Press in 1894. Perrault's telling of the folk tale of Donkey Skin was published in 1695.The Pissarros produced over 30 books at the Eragny Press, their productions notable for their woodcuts and the Pissarros' focus on the interplay of illustration and text. Thomas Sturge-Moore, the poet, playwright, and designer, was introduced to the Pissarros in 1891 by Charles Ricketts of the Vale Press and became a regular choice for the Eragny Press's illustrations.

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