1887 Gustave Doré Masterpieces Illustrated Dante Bible Milton Fontaine Quixote
“The most popular and successful French book illustrator of the mid-19th century!”
Famous French artist, Gustave Doré was most known for his incredible woodcut engravings. Doré’s Romantic style of illustration, supremely imaginative and richly detailed, was ideally suited to literary subjects. Artists and art lovers will find in these pages supreme examples of the illustrator’s art! This first edition, compiled by Edmund Ollier, features 78 engraved plates.
1887 Gustave Doré Masterpieces Illustrated Dante Bible Milton Fontaine Quixote
“The most popular and successful French book illustrator of the mid-19th century!”
Famous French artist, Gustave Doré was most known for his incredible woodcut engravings. Doré’s Romantic style of illustration, supremely imaginative and richly detailed, was ideally suited to literary subjects. Artists and art lovers will find in these pages supreme examples of the illustrator’s art! This first edition, compiled by Edmund Ollier, features 78 engraved plates.
Item number: #6842
Price: $399
OLLIER, Edmund
Masterpieces from the works of Gustave Doré : selected from the Doré Bible, Milton, Dante’s Inferno, Dante’s Purgatorio and Paradiso, Fontaine, Fairy Realm, Don Quixote, Baron Munchausen, Croquemitaine, etc., etc. : with memoir of Doré and descriptive letterpress
New York : Cassell Publishing Company, ©1887
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages
o Unpaginated
o 78 full-page, Gustave Doré engravings
- Language: English
- Binding: Cloth; tight and secure
- Size: ~11.5in X 9.5in (29.5cm x 24.5cm)
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6842
Category
Religion
Authors
OLLIER, Edmund
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete