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45 - [GOLD-EMBOSSED]. PERRAULT (Ch.).
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[GOLD-EMBOSSED]. PERRAULT (Ch.). THE FAIRY TALES. Paris, Hetzel, 1883. Folio size, in the publisher’s red percaline, front cover entirely decorated in gold, smooth spine with compartments and ornamentation, title in gold (publisher’s binding). Foxing, in places marked, a few pages protruding, colour of the spine slightly faded. ILLUSTRATED EDITION with a frontispiece and 38 plates out of the text by Gustave Doré. ¶ Leblanc, 276 for the first edition of 1862 – ARIOSTE. ROLAND FURIEUX. Heroic poem translated by A.-J. Du Pays. P. Hachette, 1879. Large folio in the publisher’s red percaline, decorated on the front cover and spine with a gilt design after A. Souze, plain spine, gilt title. Some rubbing to the side margins with small losses to the gilt edging; the colour of the spine has faded slightly; very scattered foxing. FIRST EDITION of this work ILLUSTRATED by Gustave DORÉ: 618 DRAWINGS, including a frontispiece, 81 large full-page compositions and 536 illustrations in the text. MAGNIFICENT HARDBACK binding decorated by the publisher. ¶ Leblanc, 32: ‘Doré demonstrated an extraordinarily fertile and flexible imagination.’ – THE HOLY BIBLE. New translation based on the Vulgate by Messrs J.-J. Bourassé and P. Janvier. Tours, Mame, 1866. Two folio volumes in ½ red shagreen, decorated ribbed spine, gilt title (contemporary binding). Spine faded, leather scuffs, very scattered foxing, more pronounced on a few pages. SECOND PRINTING of this FAMOUS AND MONUMENTAL PUBLICATION ILLUSTRATED by Gustave DORÉ. It contains 230 full-page woodcuts (119 in Volume I and 111 in Volume II) and decorative elements by Hector Giacomelli. ¶ Leblanc, 48: ‘The most popular of the works illustrated by Gustave Doré, both in France and abroad.’ SET OF 3 VOLUMES.
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