![First French edition of La Belle Au Bois Dormant [The Sleeping Beauty] illustrated by Arthur Rackham.](https://thefirstedition.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Rackham-Arthur_La-Belle-Au-Bois-Dormant_13954-5.jpg "Rackham-Arthur_La-Belle-Au-Bois-Dormant_13954 (5)")
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First French edition of La Belle Au Bois Dormant [The Sleeping Beauty] illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Octavo, 98pp. Original hardcover, title printed in black on spine and front cover. Solid text block, slight bowing to covers, sunning to spine, light soiling to covers. A near fine example. Full-color illustrated plate of title character opposite page 9. Multiple full-page and in-text silhouettes throughout, all by Rackham.
![First French edition of La Belle Au Bois Dormant [The Sleeping Beauty] illustrated by Arthur Rackham.](https://thefirstedition.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Rackham-Arthur_La-Belle-Au-Bois-Dormant_13954-5-231x231.jpg)