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=== Editions === Between 1812 and 1864, {{lang|de|Kinder- und Hausmärchen}} was published 17 times: seven of the "Large edition" ({{lang|de|Große Ausgabe}}) and ten of the "Small edition" ({{lang|de|Kleine Ausgabe}}). The Large editions contained all the tales collected to date, extensive annotations, and scholarly notes written by the brothers; the Small editions had only 50 tales and were intended for children. [[Ludwig Emil Grimm|Emil Grimm]], Jacob and Wilhelm's younger brother, illustrated the Small editions, adding Christian symbolism to the drawings, such as depicting Cinderella's mother as an angel and adding a Bible to the bedside table of Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother.<ref name="Z218ff" /> [[File:Kinder title page.jpg|thumb|300px|Frontispiece and title-page, illustrated by [[Ludwig Emil Grimm]] of the 1819 edition of {{lang|de|[[Grimms' Fairy Tales|Kinder- und Hausmärchen]]}}]] [[File:Grimm - Deutsche Sagen, 1912 - 2558595 F.jpeg|thumb|upright|''Deutsche Sagen'', 1912]] The first volume was published in 1812 with 86 folk tales,<ref name="J177ff">{{Harvnb|Joosen|2006|pp=177–179}}</ref> and a second volume with 70 additional tales was published late in 1814 (dated 1815 on the title page); together the two volumes and their 156 tales are considered the first of the (annotated) Large editions.<ref name="Michaelis-Jena" /><ref name="Z(2000)276ff">{{Harvnb|Zipes|2000|pp=276–278}}</ref> A second expanded edition with 170 tales was published in 1819, followed in 1822 by a volume of scholarly commentary and annotations.<ref name="Pitt" /><ref name="T(1987)15ff" /> Five more Large editions were published in 1837, 1840, 1843, 1850, and 1857. The seventh and final edition of 1857 contained 211 tales—200 numbered folk tales and 11 legends.<ref name="Pitt" /><ref name="T(1987)15ff" /><ref name="Z(2000)276ff" /> In Germany {{lang|de|Kinder- und Hausmärchen}}, commonly ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' in English, was also released in a "popular poster-sized {{lang|de|Bilderbogen}} (broadsides)"<ref name="Z(2000)276ff" /> format and in single-story formats for the more popular tales such as "Hansel and Gretel". The stories were often added to collections by other authors without respect to copyright as the tales became a focus of interest for children's book illustrators,<ref name="Z(2000)276ff" /> with well-known artists such as [[Arthur Rackham]], [[Walter Crane]], and [[Edmund Dulac]] illustrating. Another popular edition released in the mid-19th century included elaborate [[etching]]s by [[George Cruikshank]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Haase|2008|p=73}}</ref><!-- redo again here --> Upon the brothers' deaths, the copyright went to Wilhelm's son Hermann Grimm, who continued the practice of printing the volumes in expensive and complete editions, but after 1893, when copyright lapsed, various publishers began to print the stories in many formats and editions.<ref name="Z(2000)276ff" /> In the 21st century, {{lang|de|Kinder- und Hausmärchen}} is a universally recognized text. Jacob's and Wilhelm's collection of stories has been translated to more than 160 languages; 120 different editions of the text are available for sale in the US alone.<ref name="NG">{{cite web |last=O'Neill |first=Thomas |title=Guardians of the Fairy Tale: The Brothers Grimm |url=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/article.html |work=[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]] |publisher=[[National Geographic Society]] |access-date=18 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323164919/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/article.html |archive-date=23 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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