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- Centsprent: De Schoone Slaapster. Eene Vertelling van Moeder de Gans. 3.

 1549138041,
Catchpenny print with the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty (Doornroosje) by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé from 1697. After waking the princess, the prince marries her and leaves her at home while he goes to war. His mother, however, appears to be a cannibal and tries to first eat the prince’s children and then kill the princess in a tub filled with vipers. When she fails and the prince discovers her evil plan she instead kills herself in the tub. Amsterdam, Erve H. Rynders (1781 - 1845), address mentioned on the print: ‘Te Amsterdam, bij de Erve H. Rynders, in de Tweede Tuin-Dwarsstraat’. 12 woodcut illustrations (each ca. 63 x 85 mm) on paper, hand coloured in yellow and orange; descriptions under each image, text in letterpress; total: 410 x 330 mm; Pro Patria watermark, countermark: ‘GR’; folded twice; part of the margins absent. De Meyer p. 281, Boerma p. 809 (Rynders 3).
EUR 90.75 [Appr.: US$ 105.21 | £UK 79.5 | JP¥ 15509] Book number 63462

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