PERCEVAL, Victor ; DORE, GustaveLivre Rare Book
ANONYME - Gustave DOREBiblio.com
Les mille et une nuits
186584904Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie 1865. Fine. Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie Paris 1865 20 x 29 cm 2 tomes en un volume relié First edition illustrated with 421 illustrations vignettes half-page hors-texte double-page. with an unparalleled profusion of images. Printed in double columns. Among the illustrators who contributed to this rather rare edition are not only Gustave Doré but Castelli Foulquier Gustave Roux F. Pierdon. The edition uses all the techniques of Romantic printing to insert the images framing the text as vignettes in double-page format in the manner of L'Illustration and makes reading the experience of total immersion in the world of the Arabian Nights oriental and magical. Contemporary green half morocco with corners signed Petit successor to Simier. Spine with raised bands in 4 compartments richly decorated and inlaid in red. Gilt fillets on boards lined. Top edge gilt. Spine uniformly lightened. Rubbing. Fresh overall with rare scattered foxing except on the first 3 leaves which are spotted. Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie hardcover
