collectors · 26. September 2024

Ludwig Bechstein was a versatile artist who will be remebered for his huge collection of fairy tales, which were in his time even more popular than the collection by the Grimms.

collectors · 23. April 2018

Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm are undoubtedly the most famous collectors of fairy tales of all times. Their Children’s and Household Tales were at first not meant for children but they decided to adapt them to children because of strong moral messages which they believed should be presented to the youth of 19th century. They were (actually, it was Wilhelm, who did a majority of this work) constantly rewriting fairy tales year after year, edition after edition and the book, by many experts called...