RARE EDITION! TWO VOLUME SET of folk tales collected by the brothers Grimm and richly illustrated by the German painter and illustrator Franz Stassen (1869-1949). [BOTH VOLUMES]: 240x160mm. 256+271 pages. Illustrated board Hardcover with cloth spine. Cover and spine yellowing, rubbed and somewhat stained. Cover edges and corners bumped and worn/peeling. Spine edges peeling and taped. Binding somewhat loose. Text block edges yellowing and slightly stained. Pages bottom corner slightly bumped/curved. Pages yellowing and wavy. Illustrations in good condition. [VOL.I]: Several scratch-marks on rear cover. Spine rear hinge rubbed and bottom edge cracked and worn. Title and content pages bottom edge slightly torn with small piece missing on content page - no damage to text. [VOL.II]: Spine hinges rubbed and partly cracked. Binding visible on front inner cover. Page 147 wrinkled and taped. Page 141/142 edge torn (40mm). [SUMMARY]: This beautifully illustrated 2 volume edition of Grimms` tales, an extremely rare collectors item, has accumulated some wear over the years, but is still in good reading condition.