Fairy tales collected by the brothers Grimm [ed. by A. Gardiner] with illustr. by Bertall and others

This edition of the Grimms' fairy tales, edited by Alfonz Gardiner and illustrated by Bertall, represents the mid-19th-century shift toward bringing European folklore into the Victorian household. Published in an era when fairy tales were being refined for educational and moral instruction, this volume reflects a broader editorial trend to standardize these stories for English-speaking children by pairing them with the whimsical, often wood-engraved illustrations popular in French and British children's literature of the time.

The illustrations, contributed by Charles Albert d'Arnoux—known professionally as Bertall—and his contemporaries, demonstrate the integration of detailed, narrative-focused imagery common to the period. Bertall was a noted caricaturist and illustrator who leaned into the dark, fantastical aesthetic that defined the Grimm legacy, helping to cement the visual iconography of the collection for generations of young readers. While these editions were mass-marketed, they remain significant artifacts of the evolution of children's publishing in the Oxford tradition.