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DORÉ. ARIOSTE. ROLAND FURIEUX.
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Heroic poem... Paris, Hachette, 1879. In-folio, [2] f., 658 p., [1] bl. f., contemporary red chagrin, 5-ribbed spine, gilt author and title, gilt-lettered compartments with double gilt fillet, boards decorated with a double frame of multiple gilt fillets and 6 gilt irons, double gilt fillet on the edges, interior lace, gilt edges (rubbing to the nerves and edges at the foot, retinted tear to the upper board, some extensive russet stains, generally sporadic freckling, hinge skilfully reinforced between frontis. and title page, soiling p. 189, small loss at corner of plate p. 309).
Edition illustrated with numerous woodcut compositions by Gustave Doré, including 81 plates and over 500 figures in the text, 28 of which are header vignettes, 69 mid-page vignettes and 50 culs-de-lampe.
First edition of Gustave Doré's compositions. One of the copies on China paper (without justification leaf), in a fine contemporary binding.
Heroic poem... Paris, Hachette, 1879. In-folio, [2] f., 658 p., [1] bl. f., contemporary red chagrin, 5-ribbed spine, gilt author and title, gilt-lettered compartments with double gilt fillet, boards decorated with a double frame of multiple gilt fillets and 6 gilt irons, double gilt fillet on the edges, interior lace, gilt edges (rubbing to the nerves and edges at the foot, retinted tear to the upper board, some extensive russet stains, generally sporadic freckling, hinge skilfully reinforced between frontis. and title page, soiling p. 189, small loss at corner of plate p. 309).
Edition illustrated with numerous woodcut compositions by Gustave Doré, including 81 plates and over 500 figures in the text, 28 of which are header vignettes, 69 mid-page vignettes and 50 culs-de-lampe.
First edition of Gustave Doré's compositions. One of the copies on China paper (without justification leaf), in a fine contemporary binding.