Once Upon a Time: Early and Illustrated Fairy Tales is the featured exhibit in the University of Colorado at Boulder Norlin Library Special Collections Department through December 18, 2009. It is free and open to the public 1:00-5:00 p.m. Wednesday—Friday in Norlin Library, Room N345.

Once Upon a Time presents three-hundred years of fairy tales, featuring important historical works by Boccaccio, Charles Perrault, Mme. D’Aulnoy, Jean de la Fontaine, the Brothers Grimm, and Giovanni Francesco Straparola. This exhibit also includes nineteenth- and early twentieth-century book illustrations of these works by such artists as Gustave Doré, Walter Crane, and Arthur Rackham. This display honors Professor Emeritus Jacques Barchilon, UC-Boulder Department of French and Italian, a long-time contributor to fairy tale scholarship and supporter of the Department of Special Collections.

Exhibition hours vary during the summer 2009. More information and viewing times are available at: http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/specialcollections/exhibits/current/fairytales.htm
or 303-492-6144.

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