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by Doré Gustave

$6,050 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie, [1850-51]. First Edition, First Issue of one of the two earliest and most rare of all Doré's illustrated books. Only Les Travaux d'Hercule precedes this book, and like the Trois Artistes Incompris et Mecontens is very rarely if ever seen in commerce. Illustrated with an engraved title-page as the upper cover illustration of the book, and over 150 woodcut illustrations throughout. Folio, publisher's original and earliest binding of pictorially illustrated yellow paper over boards, the upper cover with all-over illustrations printed in red and black. [1], 25 pp. A well preserved and handsome copy of this very rare and fragile book, some expert and unobtrusive strengthening at the tips and edges, a book seldom if ever encountered, and even then, nearly always with very considerable wear and breakage. FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST AND MOST RARE OF DORÉ'S ILLUSTRATED WORKS. 'At 15 years of age Doré had begun his career working as a caricaturist for the French paper Le journal pour rire. Wood-engraving was his primary method at this time. In the late 1840s and early 1850s, he made several text comics, like Les Travaux d'Hercule (1847), Trois artistes incompris et mécontents (1850-1), Les Dés-agréments d'un voyage d'agrément (1851) and L'Histoire de la Sainte Russie (1854), but subsequently went on to win commissions to depict scenes from books by Cervantes, Rabelais, Balzac, Milton, and Dante. He also illustrated "Gargantua et Pantagruel" in 1854. '

• Publisher: Chez Aubert & Cie
• Year: 1850
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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