Gustave DoréBiblio.com
GUSTAVE DOREBiblio.com
Histoire des Croisades
18777403DORÉ PROOF ILLUSTRATIONS<br /><br />Collection of 29 full-page proof engravings of the drawings by Gustave Doré for the French edition of Michaud's<i> Histoire des Croisades</i> Furne et Jovet 1877. <br /><br />28 engravings are on parchment paper; one is on Japon paper with pencil annotations. Plus proof of title page printed in red on parchment paper with an engraved portrait of Doré. <br /><br />Title page reads: "Croisades Illustrée de 100 Grandes Compositions Gustave Doré. Tome Second. Paris 45 Rue Saint-André-des-Arts 45." The title page coincides broadly with that of the second volume of the Furne edition Leblanc Catalogue de l'oeuvre complet de Gustave Doré p. 240- 241.<br /><br />In all 26 loose folio sheets some double sided approximately 12½ by 17 inches each; engravings measure approximately 8 by 9½ inches. 4 engravings are on the versos. Some are duplicates.<br /><br />An incomplete set of proof engravings for the first print of Michaud's <i>Histoire des Croisades</i> dating back to 1877 at a preliminary stage of the production of this edition. Some of the engravings are more prominent on parchment paper than they are in the published work. Leblanc argues that there were no other French editions of Michaud's work with the Doré illustrations by Furne nor of this format. <br /><br />An interesting example of Doré proof illustrations with clean bright impressions.
George Robert Minkoff, Inc. · États-Unis275,00 $US≈ 232,68 €
