[Gustave Doré] Edmond Ollier (ed.) - The Doré Gallery - 1880

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The Doré Gallery, edited by Edmond Ollier with Gustave Doré engravings, is a 1st Edition Thus English-language book from circa 1880, containing 500 pages in gilt‑decorated cloth and in good condition.

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Edmund Ollier (ed.) - The Doré Gallery - Containing Two Hundred and Fifty Beautiful Engravings, selected from The Dore Bible, Milton, Dante's Inferno, Dante's Purgatorio and Paradiso, Atala, Fontaine, Fairy Realm, Don Quixote, Baron Munchausen, Croquemitaine, etc. etc. With Memoir of Dore, Critical Essay, and Descriptive Letterpress - London etc., Cassell, n.d. (ca. 1880) - Gilt decorated cloth, all edges gilt. - Small folio.

Condition: good (upper inner hinge loosening, def. to upper lower spine and some other unavoidable antiquarian wear and tear).

*The collective 19th-century visual unconscious that formed the basis for that of the 20th in one robust magnificent volume!

Edmund Ollier (ed.) - The Doré Gallery - Containing Two Hundred and Fifty Beautiful Engravings, selected from The Dore Bible, Milton, Dante's Inferno, Dante's Purgatorio and Paradiso, Atala, Fontaine, Fairy Realm, Don Quixote, Baron Munchausen, Croquemitaine, etc. etc. With Memoir of Dore, Critical Essay, and Descriptive Letterpress - London etc., Cassell, n.d. (ca. 1880) - Gilt decorated cloth, all edges gilt. - Small folio.

Condition: good (upper inner hinge loosening, def. to upper lower spine and some other unavoidable antiquarian wear and tear).

*The collective 19th-century visual unconscious that formed the basis for that of the 20th in one robust magnificent volume!

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Number of Books
1
Subject
Art
Book Title
The Doré Gallery
Author/ Illustrator
[Gustave Doré] Edmond Ollier (ed.)
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1880
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Language
English
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
500
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