PILON, Edmond. A l’est du soleil et à l’ouest de la lune; contes anciens du nord

(Paris): H. Piazza, 1919.  First French edition.  Quarto.  ix, [1], 125, [1] pages.  Step into a world of star-crossed lovers, magical winds, mischievous giants, and trolls, through some of the most exquisite illustrations in publishing history.  This is the first French edition of East of the Sun and West of the Moon a celebrated collection of fifteen fairy tales, gathered by legendary Norwegian folklorists Peter Christen Asbjornsen and Jorgen Engebretsen Moe on their journeys across Norway in the mid-nineteenth century. The twenty four mounted illustrations by Nielsen are considered a jewel of early 20th-century children’s literature.  This a very good, nice bright copy in original printed wrappers, small tear at the base of the spine.  This example housed in the original (?) marble papered box.  A nice example.