What is "fairer-than-a-fairy"

Fairer-than-a-Fairy (French Plus-Belle-que-fée) is a literary fairy tale by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force in 1698. James Planché included it in Four and twenty tales, selected from those of Perrault and other popular writers.

Fairer-than-a-Fairy (French Le Prince Arc-en-ciel, The Rainbow Prince) is a literary fairy tale published anonymously in the 1718 fairy tale collection Nouveaux contes de fées. It is attributed to the Chevalier de Mailly. Andrew Lang included it in The Yellow Fairy Book.

Fairer-than-a-Fairy is the English title of two French literary fairy tales:

• Fairer-than-a-Fairy (Caumont de La Force) is the English translation of a tale written in 1698 by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force
• Fairer-than-a-Fairy (Mailly) is the English translation of a tale published in 1718 and attributed to the Chevalier de Mailly