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ILLUSTRATED FOLIO EDITION OF TENNYSON’S IDYLLS OF THE KING, WITH 37 IMPRESSIVE STEEL ENGRAVINGS BY DORÉ

(DORE, Gustave) TENNYSON, Alfred. Idylls of the King. London, 1868.

First edition of Tennyson's Arthurian classic with illustrations by Doré, boasting 37 masterful full-page steel engravings by him, beautifully bound in full morocco-gilt. $6500.

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“THE GREATEST VISUAL EXPRESSION OF THE SOCIAL CLASS STRUGGLE EVER PUBLISHED”

DORÉ, Gustave and JERROLD, Blanchard. London: A Pilgrimage. London, 1872.

First edition of Doré and Jerrold’s London, “superb, and noble in sentiment” (van Gogh), with 54 striking full-page wood-engravings and 126 in-text vignettes of “all segments of London society” by Doré. $5800.

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"THE GREATEST VISUAL EXPRESSION OF THE SOCIAL CLASS STRUGGLE EVER PUBLISHED"

(LONDON) DORÉ, Gustave and ENAULT, Louis. Londres [London]. Paris, 1876.

First French edition of Doré's London, "superb, and noble in sentiment" (van Gogh), with 174 striking full-page and in-text wood-engraved illustrations of "all segments of London society" by Doré. $4200.

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RICHLY ILLUSTRATED BY "THE LAST GREAT ROMANTIC ILLUSTRATOR"

(DORÉ, Gustave, illustrator) LA FONTAINE, Jean de. Fables of La Fontaine. London and New York, 1868.

Early edition of Gustave Doré’s illustrations for La Fontaine’s famous Fables, told with "a semi-pagan sentiment for nature," with frontispiece portrait of La Fontaine and 86 wonderful full-page wood-engravings and 243 in-text vignettes. Handsomely bound in full contemporary morocco. $2500.

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RICHLY ILLUSTRATED BY "THE LAST GREAT ROMANTIC ILLUSTRATOR"

(DORÉ, Gustave, illustrator) LA FONTAINE, Jean de. Fables of La Fontaine. London and New York, 1868.

Early edition of Gustave Doré’s illustrations for La Fontaine’s famous Fables, told with "a semi-pagan sentiment for nature," with frontispiece portrait of La Fontaine and 86 wonderful full-page wood-engravings and 243 in-text vignettes. $1500.

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