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18858150London. Cassell Petter and Galpin. n.d. c. 1885 Bound in full paneled and decorated trade morocco. Gilt decorated spine with raised bands and gilt titles. Ornate gilt titling to front cover. Intricate inner-dentelles. Marbled endsheets. a.e.g. Very thick 4to. Illustrated with full page plates vignettes and embellishments by Gustave Dore. A lovely copy of the large format edition in a wonderful rich and imposing binding. Some usual mild scuffing to joints and edges corners bumped else Near Fine. Cassell, Petter and Galpin. hardcover
1877ST20670Stuttgart: Edward Hallberger ca. 1877. Fourth Edition. 430 x 315 mm. 16 3/4 x 12 1/4". Two volumes. Translated into German by Dr. Joseph Franz Allioli. <br/> PUBLISHER'S SPLENDID RED CLOTH VERY ELABORATELY STAMPED IN GILT AND BLIND covers with bevelled edges thick and thin gilt-rule border enclosing ornate blind-stamped frame large central oval containing a lobed gilt frame with gilt lettering inside spine divided into blind-stamped panels by decorative and plain gilt rules two large panels with gilt lettering and volume number original cloth hinges white moiré paper endpapers all edges gilt. IN THE ORIGINAL PRINTED GRAY DUST JACKETS jacket of second volume with small very expert repairs at bottom and the original black cardboard clamshell boxes solidly reinforced with black tape. WITH 230 DRAMATIC PLATES BY GUSTAVE DORÉ. Volume I with four leaves for recording family members marriages births and deaths each with a decorative frame all unused. Malan "Doré" p. 85. Isolated spots of minor foxing due to paper content one cover of the very rarely seen dust jackets with red offsetting from the frame on the cover but AN UNSURPASSABLE COPY--clean fresh and bright internally the bindings and jackets IN SPARKLING CONDITION.<br/> <br/> This is a time-capsule copy of perhaps the most popular illustrated Bible ever issued and one of the very few Bibles which has always been known by the name of its illustrator. According to his biographer the artist was excited by the "almost endless series of intensely dramatic events" he would get to portray; the results originally created for the 1866 Grand Bible of Tours are so evocative that the critic Bouchot called them "the terror of frail readers." Doré 1832-83 makes remarkable use of light shadow and composition to convey the full range of splendor horror pathos and ecstasy contained in the Scriptures. Because he was so prolific it is estimated that he made more than 100000 designs in his lifetime Doré inevitably had his detractors but Ray says simply that he was "one of the greatest of all illustrators." Taine says that "every imagination appeared languid in comparison with his. For energy force superabundance originality sparkle and gloomy grandeur I know of only one equal to his--that of Tintoretto." The Doré Bible was translated into at least 24 languages; ours is the German version by Catholic theologian Joseph Franz Allioli 1793-1873. According to Malan "The Roman Catholic Church has never diminished its praise of these illustrations." And these illustrations endured in many Catholic and Protestant Bibles especially during the last third of the 19th century but actually until the present. The Bible was such a cultural phenomenon that Mark Twain even mentioned it in “Tom Sawyer†as a motivating prize for students to learn Scripture. The Bible’s success prompted Doré to reinterpret his illustrations in huge paintings that were displayed at Doré Gallery in London. Malan says that the exhibition “was considered the greatest collection of religious paintings in the world." The boxes that were issued with our set have clearly weathered some blows over the years but they did their job perfectly as the volumes they protected hardly seem to have been opened in their lifetime and their dust jackets even considering the minor repair are also in a breathtaking state of preservation. Edward Hallberger unknown
1848261972Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie Place de la Bourse 29 1848. Many Lithographs some by Gustave Doré. Oblong folio 17-1/2 x 13 inches. Quarter calf and green boards with original front yellow pictorial printed wrapper bound in. VG some wear. Many Lithographs some by Gustave Doré. Oblong folio 17-1/2 x 13 inches. Chez Aubert & Cie Place de la Bourse, 29 unknown
189298686New York: Selmar Hess: 1892-1896. 1892-1896. Very good. - Quarto 11-1/2 inches high by 9 inches wide. Four hardcover volumes bound in pictorial olive green cloth with gilt decorations and an art nouveau illustration stamped on the front covers with moire pastedowns and endpapers. Titled in gilt on the spines. All edges are gilt. The corners and head & tail of the spines are lightly bumped and the bottom edges of the covers are slightly rubbed. Volume 1 1892: viii & 408 pages. Volume 2 1896: vi & 408 pages. Volume 3: 1896: vi & 408 pages. Volume 4 1892: vi & 384 pages. Each volume is illustrated with a color frontispiece and 84 plates with printed tissue guards a total of 340 plates in all including works by Gustave Dore Sir Edwin Landseer Holman Hunt Sir Frederick Leighton E.A. Abbey and G. Moreau. The front hinge of the second volume is cracked opposite the front blank leaf. An attractive set. <p>Volume 4 contains an "English and American bibliography" pages 285-336 and "Authors and dates of dramas and operas" pages 342-384. New York: Selmar Hess: 1892-1896. hardcover
1856302070Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1856. First Edition. 12 plates on wood after the designs of Gustave Doré. 1 vols. Folio. Quarter publisher's black morocco and pebbled cloth small loss at bottom of spine. Doré Gustave. First Edition. 12 plates on wood after the designs of Gustave Doré. 1 vols. Folio. "Le chef-d'oeuvre de Doré dans le genre fantastique.et puis le format est formdable!" Beraldi. Renonciat p. 92; Leblanc 217 Michel Lévy frères unknown
188498772Paris: Librairie Garnier Freres circa 1884. 1884. Very good. - Octavo 8 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover the original wrappers are bound into three quarter red morocco and marbled boards titled and decorated in gilt between raised bands on the spine. The book is further enhanced with marbled endpapers. The top edge is gilt. The covers are slightly rubbed. xxxi 1 & 615 deckle-edged pages. Profusely illustrated with 425 full-page and textual drawings including a frontispiece by Gustave Dore. There is some occasional minor soiling. Very good. <p>From the library of Lincoln MacVeagh and his wife Margaret with their "Arcades Ambo" bookplate on the front paste down. Lincoln MacVeagh 1890-1972 a Renaissance man graduated from Harvard magna cum laude in 1913. He went on to study languages at the Sorbonne and became fluent in German French Spanish Latin Greek and Classical Greek. After World War I he became a director of the Henry Holt and Company publishing firm where he became friendly with the poet Robert Frost. In 1923 he left the firm and founded the Dial Press. His name appears on the imprint of many of their publications. In 1933 President Roosevelt appointed him Minister to Greece. He followed presentation of his credentials with a speech in Classical Greek. While in Greece he conducted excavations beneath the Acropolis and made archeological contributions to the National Museum in Athens. He left Greece in 1941 when the German army over ran the country. From there he was appointed the first US Minister to Iceland where he negotiated agreements for the construction of the Keflavik airfield. In late 1942 he became Minister to the Union of South Africa and coordinated American wartime agencies there. In 1943 he was sent to Cairo as Ambassador so that he could assist the governments in exile of Greece and Yugoslavia. He returned to Athens as Ambassador in 1944. MacVeagh gave secret testimony before Congress concerning the Balkans in 1947 testimony that was an important factor in the formation of the Truman Doctrine. In 1948 as Ambassador to Portugal MacVeagh was influential in admitting her into NATO. In 1952 President Truman named him Ambassador to Spain. President Truman wrote to him on March 9 1948: "On the occasion of your appointment as Ambassador to Portugal I would like to make some personal expression of appreciation for the high services you have already rendered your country. During the past fifteen critical years you have served with distinction as Chief of the United states Missions to Iceland the Union of South Africa Yugoslavia and Greece. In this last post especially - as Minister from 1933 to 1941 and as Ambassador since 1943 - your scholarly statesmanship and diplomatic judgment have been of the utmost value." Paris: Librairie Garnier Freres, circa [1884]. hardcover
18858454New York. Cassell Petter Galpin & Co. n.d. c. 1885 . Bound in elaborate pictorial gilt decorated cloth with gilt and embossed vignettes to covers and spine. Decorated endsheets. a.e.g. 4to. New Edition. Illustrated with engravings after drawings by Gustave Dore. Old spine crack professionally repaired with all signatures tight and firm. Front free endsheet creased. Small ink signature to flyleaf. One plate slightly trimmed. Minor foxing and soiling to prelims else a Fine crisp copy of this classic work. The brightest cover we've ever encountered. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. hardcover
186771239Paris: Nadar 1867. Fine. Nadar Paris s. d. 1867 6.60 x 10.40 cm une photographie Nadar Paris N.D. but 1867 66x10.4 cm photograph Original photograph on albumin paper in a visiting card format laid down on card by Nadar initialed and with a red border. Doré poses with his arm on a fringed chair the same as in the portraits of Théophile Gautier Edouard Manet and Alexandre Dumas. Manuscript annotation to verso. We have not been able to find any copies of this photograph in any of the international public collections. Nadar unknown
187534760London Paris and New York: Cassell Petter and Galpin c. 1875. 2 volumes bound in one. Early Issue. With 220 full-page engravings by Gustave Doré. Thick Folio handsomely bound in a binding of three-quarter black morocco the spine with raised bands ruled and stopped in gilt red morocco label lettered in gilt in one compartment. xvi 1004 ii 186 323 pp. A handsome and clean copy of this spectacular Bible. This book is prone to heavy foxing but this copy has none to speak of. VERY SCARCE AND A BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED EARLY PRINTED COPY OF THIS FINE EDITION OF DORE'S GREAT BIBLE. One of the most magnificent of the Doré illustrated books. A huge testament to Doré’s talent and a most impressive set in size and scope. These books are not commonly found in such condition due to the stress caused by the bulk of the text but this is a very sturdy copy and remains in excellent condition.<br> Gustave Doré was one of the greatest illustrators of his day. His grand and magnificent style is a wonderful complement for the greatest of all books. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin hardcover
186824255Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie 1868. A very early printing of the edition illustrated by Gustave Doré. Illustrated by Gustave Doré; portrait and 84 full-page illustrations; 248 finely engraved and fully decorative head and tailpiece pictorial designs throughout. Double plates at 35 65 93117 385 395 455 and 741. Folio in a French binding of crimson cloth signed Hachette at the foot of the spine the spine lettered in gilt within compartments separated by blind tooled banding. The upper cover decorated in all over pictorial designs and lettering gilt and the rear cover in blind. A very attractive bindings the book showing some slight cracking to the upper hinge running for approximately 2.5 inches. Internally there is some evidence of water staining to the edges of a some gatherings at the beginning of the volume and there is some intermittent but not terribly obtrusive foxing to a number of the pages. A RARE AND IMPORTANT BOOK AND ONE OF DORE’S BEST. With his full-page engravings Gustave Doré does his best work with great dramatic flare. The countless smaller illustrations round out the book and make it a truly outstanding publishing endeavor. <br> La Fontaine was famously known as one of the important literary group of the Rue du Vieux Colombier which included Racine Boileau and Moliere. By the 1680s he was known as one of the first men of letters in France. The FABLES were especially praised by well-known critics and it were well received by the general public. This issuance represents a very lovely printing of La Fontaine’s cherished fables in the original French. Along with the fables are a brief life of Fontaine and a life of Aesop. Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie hardcover
187027359London: Cassell Petter and Galpin N.D. circa 1870. A very early printing. With 86 magnificent full page illustrations many smaller illustrations and a portrait frontispiece all by Gustave Doré. Royal 4to 12.25 by 9.5 inches in a very handsome deluxe binding of three-quarter green morocco over matching pebbled cloth covered boards the spine with finely gilt stippled raised bands ruled in blind and with multiple rules in gilt the head and tail additionally gilt decorated two compartments boldly gilt lettered with fine marbled endleaves and page edges. lxiv 839 pp. A very fine and handsome copy very handsomely bound solid and fresh and clean with no sign of the typical foxing associated with these printings. Only very light evidence of age to the binding. A very well preserved and quite excellent copy. A BEAUTIFULLY BOUND AND WELL PRESERVED COPY OF THIS MASTERPIECE BY GUSTAVE DORé. An impressive tome of some of the best loved fables including ‘The Grasshopper and the Ant’ ‘The hen with the golden eggs’ and well over 150 more. With his full-page engravings Gustave Doré does his best work with great dramatic flare. The countless smaller illustrations round out the book and make it a truly outstanding publishing endeavor.<br> Many of the fables were in the main adapted from the classical fabulists Aesop Babrius and Phaedrus. In these La Fontaine adhered to the path of his predecessors with some closeness; but in others he allowed himself far more liberty and there is a wider range of sources. The Indian Bidpai is drawn upon for oriental fables that had come to the French through translations from Persian. So while the subject of each of the Fables is often common property of many ages and races what gives La Fontaine's Fables their rare distinction is the freshness in narration the deftness of touch the unconstrained suppleness of metrical structure and the unfailing humor. Keen insight into the foibles of human nature is also found throughout. Cassell, Petter and Galpin hardcover
187034143London: Cassell Petter and Galpin c. 1870. A very early issue of this wonderfully illustrated Cervantes. With 118 spectacular illustrations by by Gustave Doré. Folio 32 x 24 cm very handsomely bound in three-quarter dark tan morocco over marbled paper covered boards the spine with raised bands gilt ruled compartments of the spine decorated with gilt at the centers lettered in gilt in two compartment. xxviii 737 pp. A very handsome and sturdy copy the binding is very strong and well preserved with virtually no wear the text-block lightly mellowed the plates in fine condition half-title with some browning at the edges a very pleasing copy. A PLEASING AND HANDSOME COPY. SCARCE IN SUCH WELL PRESERVED CONDITION. Gustave Doré was one of the greatest illustrators of his day. He was born in Strassburg in 1832. In 1848 he moved to Paris where “his facility as a draughtsman was extraordinary.†He was a prolific worker and his subjects were usually religious or historical. He died in January of 1883. <br> His grand and magnificent style is a perfect complement for Cervantes heroic tale. This great tome presents one of our favorite printings of the Spanish classic and because of the weight of the text block is usually found broken and loose. This copy is as sturdy as one could hope for and is especially handsome as well. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin hardcover
1857178579London.: Illustrated Times. March 211857. Full-page engraving 23.5 x 33.6 cm including caption on a single newspaper leaf relevant text on the verso edge tears no loss and creasing in very good condition. Dramatic and scarce engraving depicting the destruction of the Canton Factories principal site of Western trade with China at the onset of the Second Opium War 1856-1860 by a 25 year old Gustave Doré. He contributed to the "Illustrated Times" a chief rival to the monopoly of "The Illustrated London News". Whilst the self-taught Doré did not enjoy initial success in France for Victorian Britons Doré's art was celebrated producing with Blanchard Jerrold his landmark account of mid Victorian London "London: a pilgrimage" over four years 1869-1872. <br> <br>From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker. . Illustrated Times. unknown
186155072Paris:: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie. 1861. Cinquieme edition. original gilt morocco-backed cloth boards a.e.g. Old 1862 ink gift inscription; some leaves at beginning and end foxed; cloth sides of the binding rubbed; tight and sound. 8vo. Illustre par Gustave Dore. Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., hardcover
186119590Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie 1861. Fifth edition overall first edition with Dore illustrations. Hardcover. Near fine. Octavo dark green morocco and boards spine elaborately gilt in compartments 3 fl 363 pp. 3 fl. All edges gilt. 158 engraved illustrations by Gustave Dore including 12 fine full-page illustrations. Slight wear to spine foot and corners of boards else fine. <br/><br/>A fairly early work by the prolific French artist and illustrator. Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie hardcover
1861182043Paris : L. Hachette 1861. Fifth Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked and elaborately blind-ruled rich red buckram. Spine bands and panel edges slightly worn and rubbed as with edge. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 363 pages; Physical desc.: 363 7 p : illus. plates ; 24 cm. Genre: Illustrated books - France - 1861. Novels - France - 1861. Language: French. Paris : L. Hachette hardcover
1889B3687Philadelphia: Henry Altemus 1889. Ex-libris stamp to title otherwise a fine example of this decorative edition of Tennyson’s masterpiece. Binding: Contemporary ¼ white elaborately-gilt cloth with blue cloth boards gilt title to upper board flat spine with seven densely-gilt compartments of gilt-tooled bands gilt text on two all edges gilt maroon and gold endpapers. Size: Folio. Illustration: Complete with 37 woodcut plates illustrating various scenes from the poem all by Gustave Doré. Pages: P. 2 half-title blank blank frontis portrait title printer’s imprint introduction iii-ix blank half-title blank 1-363 blank 2. Category: Book Plate Books General; Book Literature Henry Altemus hardcover
18679634<p>Brown decorated cloth complete with 9 steel-engraved plates by Dore with tissue guards. All edges gilt. Some wear to corners see image but otherwise an attractive book with no previous owners' names or other defacements. The plates remain clean and bright. Please expect the possibility of additional postage as this is a larger book.</p><p>12.5 x 17 in 32 x 43 cm</p> Edward Moxon and Co. hardcover
18682091202133206320Edward Moxon and co. 1868. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Edward Moxon and co. paperback
18772685<p>Edward Moxon & Co London Salisbury Square 1877. HB N0 DJ Issued1877 Early EditionVG/GOOD AS-IS NO JACKET Raised Bands top Board extexsively tooled in gilt borders listing title author & illustrator in center of Front Cover in Gold Gilt Oversized Decorated pebble-grain cloth CVR with Gold Gilt decorations Cover has rub & some wear spine has some wear & slight chips top but you can still read gold gilt titles Gold Gilt pages edges Interior of book VG/GOOD AS-IS NO JACKETHard Cover.</p> Edward Moxon & Co, London Salisbury Square hardcover
18682091202133212901Edward Moxon and co. 1868. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Edward Moxon and co. paperback
1900115307New York: Cassell & Company 1900. New Edition. Hardbound. Fair Age toning; Cover is loose; spine cloth is stripped at head and foot end. Front cover and back cover are worn on edges; Inner hinge is broken and some pages are loose and slightly torn. Dark green cloth over boards wtih black lettering; 183 pp. Richly illustrated in bw. Translated by The Rev. Henry Francis Clay M.A. from The Original of Dante Alighieri and translated With The Designs of M. Gustave Dore. Cassell & Company hardcover
186847979Paris: Hachette et Cie 1868. Leather. Very Good. Folio. Pp. iv 194 1 portrait of Dante and 75 engravings; 407 1 60 engravings. 1872; 1868. Bound in full dark green morocco with thick borders in gilt to the boards front and rear with titles stamped right on the leather to the compartments compartments with thick gilt borders and gilt stamped crest of The Most Noble Order of the Garter with the motto Honi soit qui mal y pense. The leather is rubbed at the extremities some scuffing and peeling at some edges volume 2 boards with heavier scuffs and marks with a rip in the leather at the upper front joint. All engravings with captioned guards some guards a little foxed sporadic foxing throughout with light water staining for about the last 20 leaves of volume 2 but only at the fore-edge corner tips and pretty unobtrusive. Overall a very clean and bright set. All edges gilt marbled endpapers hinges strong and the bindings tight and square. With a little bit of touch up to the leather this set can look even better. Both Dante's and Dore's masterpieces in two volumes. Translated into French by Pier-Angelo Fiorentino with the Italian Text. Hachette et Cie unknown
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
1888H0-D4CP-P3PEParis: Librairie Hachette et Cie 1888. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/no dj as issued. Gustave Dore. Very Good. Paris 1888. Large folio. 498 x 330 mm 19 4/8 x 12 3/4 inches. Weight 17 pounds!. 658 pages frontispiece and 81 steel-engraved full page plates 681 steel-engraved vignettes in the text by Gustave Doré. Folio copy preserved in its splendid publisher cardboard in red percaline illustrated by A. Souze. Cover and back decorated and gilded the first cover adorned with a gilded griffin bearing standard and coat of arms on a background of patterns with oak leaves and helm. Last illustrated book by Gustave Doré<br /> <br /> -- -- Most pages and plates very clean. Some foxing and smudges to first few and last few pages otherwise Very well preserved. The front cover is very well stamped the gilding is bright. The gilding on the back is just a little tarnished slight traces of handling <br /> Solid hinges tear on the lower part of the spine fresh and clean interior light scattered foxing denser on the first few pages. --- --- Roland Furieux Orlando Furioso required a long preparation work and can be understood as a synthesis of all the themes dear to the artist: medieval frames forests battle scenes heroines of sublimated beauty fantastic atmosphere. Most pages and plates very clean. Very well preserved. The plate on the first cover is very well stamped the gilding is bright. The gilding on the back is a little tarnished slight traces of handling two small slots on the joints max 2 cm.<br /> Solid hinges. fresh and clean interior light scattered foxing denser at first. Librairie Hachette et Cie hardcover
