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1911Best.-Nr. CLL-833Shangaï, Impr. de la Mission catholique, 1911-1938 18 volume in-4, cartonnages imprimés de l'éditeur bordés de percaline rouge reliés à la mode chinoise (dos du livre simplement broché, premier et second plat non solidaires mais fixés au corps de l'ouvrage par des cordons) de façon uniforme à l'époque.
1856Best.-Nr. 32735Michel Lévy Frères Couverture rigide illustrée Paris 1856 Edition originale
1860Best.-Nr. 84302Paris: Féchoz & Letouzey 1860. Fine. Before the golden age of comics the ""Age of Doré"" Féchoz & Letouzey Paris s. d. 1860 36 x 27.50 cm relié Album of lithographed plates in third state first cover printed in 3 tones black bistre with gradients and white highlights followed by 24 lithographs in black on 12 double-sided pages. Gray half calf binding smooth spine some foxing original soft cover preserved binding signed by Charles Septier. Created in 1851 this youthful work influenced by Rodolphe Töppfer's style is now considered an incunabulum of comic strips. Féchoz & Letouzey paperback
1860Best.-Nr. 1681711860. DORE Gustave. LA BEDOLLIERE Emile de. Le Nouveau Paris. Histoire de ses 20 arrondissements. 440 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 66 wood-engravings throughout the text by Doré. Plus 21 double-page coloured maps of the arrondissements designed by Desbuissons and engraved by Erhard. Large 8vo. 300 x 210 mm in the original publisher's illustrated and printed wrappers. Preserved in a new dark blue cloth folding box. Paris: Gustave Barba n.d. 1860. First Edition first issue with the address of Barba on the rue Cassette. This copy includes all of the original parts in their illustrated publisher's wrappers the complete compliment of coloured maps of Paris with a copy of the general plan of Paris which was not included with the publication in parts laid in. The original first printing is nearly a different work in terms of quality and visual impact compared to the later reprints. This wonderful guide captures Paris in a moment of astounding transformation. The "modernization" of the city of Paris by Baron Haussmann was in the middle period when the Doré guide to Paris was issued. Much of the old Paris and a bit of the brand new Paris is captured in the wood-engraved illustrations of Doré the maps by Desbuissons and the text by La Bedollière. There are parts devoted to: Le Louvre La Bourse L'Hotel-de-Ville Le Pantheon Le Luxembourg Le Palais-Bourbon L'Elysee L'Opera Les Gobelins Vaugirard Passy Les Buttes de Montmartre etc. plus 2 parts of Dictionnaire de Besoins Usuels two parts of Dictionnaire des Rues de Paris and one final part on Histoire Géneral de Paris. "Les transformations de Paris décidées par Haussmann furent radicales notamment par l'annexion des communes limitrophes portant le nombre d'arrondissements de 12 à 20. "Le livre de La Bédollière est conçu comme un guide touristique de ce nouveau Paris. Contrairement à ce que l'on pourrait attendre Gustave Doré ne s'attache pas à une description topographique de la ville. Dédaignant l'enveloppe il s'intéresse à son contenu et il adopte un ton humoristique et plein de fantaisie pour décrire les détails piquants et pittoresques de l'histoire ou de la vie quotidienne qui animait chaque arrondissement. La bonhomie et la bonne humeur qui s'expriment dans les illustrations de Gustave Doré n'augurent en rien la prise de conscience sociale que l'artiste éprouvera lors de son pélerinage londonien" Strasbourg Exhibition nº 605. Some wear to the wrappers but nevertheless sound and desirabble in the rare original wrappers. Leblanc 195. Vicaire IV 732. hardcover books
1911Best.-Nr. 22701Shanghai mprimerie de la Mission Catholique à l'Orphelinat de T'Ou-Sè-Wè, ZI-KA-Wei 1911/18 -in-8 cartonné 13 volumes, cartonnage à la chinoise avec lacets reliant les plats, rouge et gris-jaune in-octavo Editeur (paperback in-octavo Editor) (25 x 17,5 cm), dos imprimé en noir, plats décorés à la chinoise : mors de toile rouge, plats décorés à froid (plaque spéciale Editeur), 1er plat orné d'une illustration en rouge (différente sur chaque volume), toutes tranches lisses jaspées rouges, abondamment illustré en couleurs : - PREMIERE PARTIE - Premier volume. TOME I N° 1. V. S. n° 32, 1911, XII+VI+146 pages+75 illustrations+10 photos. - Deuxième volume. 1ERE PARTIE - TOME I N° 2. V. S. n° 33, 1911, 70 pages+88 illustrations+1 photo. - Troisième volume. 1ERE PARTIE - TOME II N° 3. V. S. n° 34, 1912, X+106 pages+35 illustrations+2 photos, - Quatrième volume.1ERE PARTIE - TOME II N° 4. V. S. n° 35, 1912, 166 pages+55 illustrations+3 photos, - Cinquième volume.1ERE PARTIE - TOME V V. S. n° 36, 1913, XVII+92 pages+104 illustrations:La lecture des talismans chinois. Explication de ceux qui ont paru dans les N° 1 et n° 2 - 2EME PARTIE - TOME VI: Variétés Sinologiques n° 39, 1914, XII+196 pages+54 illustrations+3 photos.Recherches sur les superstitions en Chine. Deuxième partie, Le panthéon chinois. - 2EME PARTIE - TOME VII.:Variétés sinologiques n° 41, Imprimerie de la Mission catholique, Zi-ka-wei, 1914, VI+102 pages+53 illustrations. - 2EME PARTIE - TOME VIII.: Variétés sinologiques n° 42, Imprimerie de la Mission catholique, Zi-ka-wei, 1914, VIII+164 pages+40 illustrations. - 2EME PARTIE - TOME IX: CHAPITRE IV : Taoïsme : Dieux, Immortels, Génies.: Variétés sinologiques n° 44, Imprimerie de la Mission catholique à lorphelinat de Tou-sé-wé, Zi-ka-wei, 1915, X+218 pages+76 illustrations. -2EME PARTIE - TOME X: CHAPITRE V : Ministères transcendants -Variétés sinologiques n° 45, Imprimerie de la Mission catholique à lorphelinat de Tou-sé-wé, Zi-ka-wei, 1915, VIII+180 pages+39 illustrations. 2EME PARTIE - TOME XI: Chap. VI, Dieux protecteurs et Patrons. Variétés sinologiques n° 46, Imprimerie de la Mission catholique à lorphelinat de Tou-sé-wé, Zi-ka-wei, 1916, XII+192 pages+59 illustrations. 2EME PARTIE - TOME XII. Chapitres VI, Dieux protecteurs et Patrons ; VII, Dieux composites ; VIII, Divinités stellaires. Variétés sinologiques n° 48. Zi-ka-wei, 1918, VIII+234 pages+57 illustr.-TROISIEME PARTIE : Popularisation des trois religions -Section II : Confucius, ses disciples, le confucéisme - A. VIE DE CONFUCIUS ILLUSTRÉE - B. LES 144 SAGES DU TEMPLE DE CONFUCIUS d'après les documents chinois - Recherches sur les superstitions en Chine, TOME XIII.: Variétés sinologiques n° 49, Zi-ka-wei, 1918. XVI+262 pages + 81 illustrations, 1911/1918 Chang-Hai, Imprimerie de la Mission Catholique à l'Orphelinat de T'Ou-Sè-Wè, ZI-KA-Wei EDITEUR
1860Best.-Nr. 1681711860. DORE Gustave and Emile de la BEDOLLIERE. Le Nouveau Paris. Histoire de ses 20 arrondissements. 440 pp. illustrated with a frontispiece and 66 wood-engravings by Doré throughout the text plus 21 double-page coloured maps of the arrondissements designed by Desbuissons and engraved by Erhard. Large 8vo 300 x 210 mm in the original publisher's illustrated and printed wrappers preserved in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Gustave Barba 1860. First edition first issue with the address of Barba on the rue Cassette. This copy includes all of the original parts in their illustrated publisher's wrappers the complete compliment of coloured maps of Paris with a copy of the general plan of Paris which was not included with the publication in parts laid in. The original first printing is nearly a different work in terms of quality and visual impact compared to the later reprints. This wonderful guide captures Paris in a moment of astounding transformation. The "modernization" of the city of Paris by Baron Haussmann was in the middle period when the Doré guide to Paris was issued. Much of the old Paris and a bit of the brand-new Paris is captured in the wood-engraved illustrations of Doré the maps by Desbuissons and the text by La Bedollière. There are parts devoted to: Le Louvre La Bourse L'Hotel-de-Ville Le Pantheon Le Luxembourg Le Palais-Bourbon L'Elysee L'Opera Les Gobelins Vaugirard Passy Les Buttes de Montmartre etc. plus 2 parts of Dictionnaire de Besoins Usuels two parts of Dictionnaire des Rues de Paris and one final part on Histoire Géneral de Paris. "Les transformations de Paris décidées par Haussmann furent radicales notamment par l'annexion des communes limitrophes portant le nombre d'arrondissements de 12 à 20. Le livre de La Bédollière est conçu comme un guide touristique de ce nouveau Paris. Contrairement à ce que l'on pourrait attendre Gustave Doré ne s'attache pas à une description topographique de la ville. Dédaignant l'enveloppe il s'intéresse à son contenu et il adopte un ton humoristique et plein de fantaisie pour décrire les détails piquants et pittoresques de l'histoire ou de la vie quotidienne qui animait chaque arrondissement. La bonhomie et la bonne humeur qui s'expriment dans les illustrations de Gustave Doré n'augurent en rien la prise de conscience sociale que l'artiste éprouvera lors de son pélerinage londonien" Strasbourg Exhibition nº 605. Some wear to the wrappers but nevertheless sound and desirable in the rare original wrappers. Leblanc 195. Vicaire IV 732. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 65935London and New York: Cassell Petter and Galpin 1867. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. 2 vols. Thick folio 36 x 28 cm. 4 leaves of unused family register with decorative borders pp. 41116188348. Contemporary binding by Bain with their stamp to lower inner dentelle of each volume of rich brown morocco stamped in blind and gilt spine with raised bands gilt decorated compartments gilt lettering all edges gilt marbled endpapers. Three title-pages for the Old Testament the Apocrypha and the New Testament all printed in red and black. 238 full-page wood-engraved plates after Gustave Doré. Stamp of Hornsey School of Art to blank end-papers of each volume and stamp of J. Rimmel bookseller to upper left hand corner of first free end-paper of each. Short repaired tear without loss to upper margin leaf 6p pp.41/42 of NT. Light foxing to preliminaries contents generally clean and bright. A handsome set. "In the 1870s The Doré Bible was perhaps the most treasured and expensive book in the world" Malan 81. Certainly it proved a milestone in Doré's career. Doré's illustrations for the Bible first published in French in 1866 were a great success and in 1867 Doré had a major exhibition of his work in London which led to the founding of Doré Gallery in Bond Street London. Doré's "Bible was enthusiastically sponsored by one of the greatest French publishers of illustrated books of the day Mame of Tours… Its original reception was truly remarkable… A second edition of the Bible was called for almost at once… Editions appeared in almost every European country… One of the first off the mark was an English edition from Cassell Petter and Galpin 1867. This caused an even greater sensation than the French edition and the demand among collectors for any and everything by Doré was clamorous" Muir 224. Herbert 1977 London and New York: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, [1867]. hardcover
1867Best.-Nr. 189937Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie 1867. Masterfully illustrated fables First Doré edition this set including the additional plate "Les devineresses" bound in Volume II. In this period Doré went from being "virtually unknown in England to being the most famous illustrator in the world" Malan 67. His illustrated edition was serialized in 60 parts from 1866 to 1868 and published in book form simultaneously in Paris and London. 2 vols folio 300 x 420 mm. Steel-engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by Delannoy after Sandoz 85 plates with grey border and tissue guard steel engravings in text by Doré. Titles and headings printed in red and black contents printed within red double-rule border. Early 20th-century brown morocco spines lettered in gilt compartments framed in gilt two sets of quadruple gilt rules bordering covers gilt fillet to board edges turn-ins with gilt fillets and crosses at corners red moiré silk doublures and free endpapers edges gilt. Spines and front cover edges lightly sunned gilt bright small chip to spine foot of vol. II rubbing and slight wear to extremities couple marks to covers sporadic foxing. A very good set. Beraldi VI 151. unknown
1856Best.-Nr. 302070Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1856. First Edition. 12 plates on wood after the designs of Gustave Doré. 1 vols. Folio. Quarter publisher's black morocco and pebbled cloth small loss at bottom of spine. Doré Gustave. First Edition. 12 plates on wood after the designs of Gustave Doré. 1 vols. Folio. "Le chef-d'oeuvre de Doré dans le genre fantastique.et puis le format est formdable!" Beraldi. Renonciat p. 92; Leblanc 217 Michel Lévy frères unknown books
2007Il codice è stato realizzato come dono di nozze di Alessandro de’ Medici per sua moglie Margherita d’Austria. Formato 11x19 cm. di 300 pagine con sette miniature a piena pagina (attribuibili a Giovanni e Francesco Boccardi) e numerose iniziali decorate, in foglia d’oro. Nel cofanetto, in pelle, nel doppio scomparto oltre al codice (piatti in velluto verde, chiusure in argento e medaglione centrale) è conservato il commentario con saggi storici e paleografici. Tiratura limitata di 750 copie numerate.
1867Best.-Nr. 1562# AUTEUR: La Fontaine # ILLUSTRATEUR: Doré Gustave # ÉDITEUR: Hachette L. & Cie - Paris # ANNÉE ÉDITION: 1867 # ENVOI, BEAUX PAPIERS: Edition de luxe avec les grandes compositions tirées sur papier de Chine - encadrements et titres imprimés en rouge # COUVERTURE: 1/2 chagrin citron à coins - dos à nerfs finement décoré doré - pièce de titre en maroquin rouge - tête dorée - non rogné # DÉTAILS: 2 volumes in folio reliés T1. 2ff ( faux titre et titre) + LX ( notice sur Jean de La Fontaine, dédicace à monseigneur le Dauphin, préface, la vie d'Esope le Phrygien) + 317pp + 1ff. 43 grandes gravures sur Chine. T2. 2ff + 383pp. 43 grandes gravures sur Chine. Page 133 ” le renard et les raisins”, montées sur Chine sont en 2 tirages: l'une gravée par Hildebrand l'autre par Pannemaker. Belle reliure signée Raparlier. Est joint une lettre autographe signée de 2 pages in 8°, du 29 Octobre 1875, de Gustave Doré: ” A cher monsieur, il regrette de ne pouvoir lui confier l'impression de son livre. Il dit le travail de chaque instant qu'exigent les planches sous la presse. Mais dit cependant la haute estime qu'il a pour ”l'art et le talent typographique de la maison Grant ”. Romain Raparlier relieur à Paris dès 1855 exerça jusqu'en 1880; vers 1885 son fils Paul Romain était installé lui-même 7 rue des Canettes. # PHOTOS visibles sur www.latourinfernal.com
Best.-Nr. 6644Paris, Garnier frères, [sans date]. Deux forts volumes in-folio (325 x 254 mm), 2 ff. n. ch., XLVIII pp., 584 pp.; 2 ff. n. ch., 632 pp. Percaline rouge, filets d’encadrement noirs sur les plats, décor doré entourant le titre sur le plat supérieur, rosace au centre du plat inférieur, dos lisses ornés, non coupé (reliure de l’éditeur).
1854Best.-Nr. 84305Au bureau du journal amusant | Paris S.d (1854) | 34.50 x 26.50 cm | relié
1860Best.-Nr. 0030601860 Paris, Hachette, 1860. In-8 (172 X 250 mm) demi-chagrin havane, dos cinq nerfs filetés, caissons double encadrement de filet doré, auteur et titre dorés, date en queue, tête dorée sur témoins, plats et dos de la couverture conservés (Petitot) ; (1) f. blanc, VI (dont faux-titre et titre)-554 pages (dernière page chiffrée par erreur « 354 »), (1) f. (nom de l'imprimeur). Rousseurs claires éparses, essentiellement dans les marges. Dos à peine éclairci avec petites taches sombres sans gravité.
Best.-Nr. 63493Paris: Furne Jouvet & Cie. 1877. FIRST EDITION THUS. 2 vols. Large folio 42 x 32 cm. pp.424; 376. Publisher's binding signed Ch. Magnbier of quarter richly gilt stamped red morocco over matching cloth boards stamped in gilt and black marbled endpapers a.e.g. 100 full page engraved illustrations by Doré engraved by Bellanger Pannemaker Doms Gusman Jonnard Pannemaker Pisan and Quesnel. Contents exceptionally clean slight fading to spine of second volume generally a most handsome set. Michaud's Histoire des croisades was published in its final form in six volumes in 1840 under the editorship of his friend Jean Joseph François Poujoulat. It covers the beginning of the crusades through the Council of Clermont. It covers the departure of crusaders after the Council of Nicee the Siege of Antioch Election of Godefroy Battle of Ascalon reign of Baudouin II and the conquests of Saladin. "With this set of 100 full-page folio engravings Doré for once restrained his wild imagination to do a straight historical subject and he showed once again that there was no field of visual expression at which he did not excel… Though the Crusades engravings are historical they lose none of Doré's normal personality and vigor. They are simply the best set of illustrations ever done on the Crusades" Malan 137. Paris: Furne, Jouvet & Cie., 1877. hardcover
1856Best.-Nr. 302070Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1856. First Edition. 12 plates on wood after the designs of Gustave Doré. 1 vols. Folio. Quarter publisher's black morocco and pebbled cloth small loss at bottom of spine. Doré Gustave. First Edition. 12 plates on wood after the designs of Gustave Doré. 1 vols. Folio. "Le chef-d'oeuvre de Doré dans le genre fantastique.et puis le format est formdable!" Beraldi. Renonciat p. 92; Leblanc 217 Michel Lévy frères unknown
1914Best.-Nr. 67749Shanghai: Tusewei Printing Press 1914. 18 volumes mixed editions; 8vo extensively illustrated throughout with plates facsimiles halftones etc. much in color lithography after drawings by the author; original string-bound printed paper-covered boards; stamps from the library of St. Joseph's Priory on covers and title pages else generally a very good to fine set. Henry Doré was a French missionary and scholar of Asia. His 18-volume major work "Recherches sur les Superstitions en Chine" was one of the earliest 20th century European writings on Chinese culture and religion. Doré studied in Central China for more than two decades and was also an exceptionally talented illustrator who reproduced many pieces of Chinese art for his books. Originally published in French in a set of eighteen volumes from 1914-1938 these texts are notable for their colorful illustrations. Only volumes I through X and XIII were translated into English. The First Part in 5 volumes covers "Superstitious Practices" 1914-1918; the Second Part in 7 volumes covers "The Chinese Pantheon" 1918-1933 - the last two volumes in French; and the Third Part in 6 volumes covers Confucianism Buddhism and Taoism 1919-1938 all but volume XIII in French. Tusewei Printing Press unknown
Best.-Nr. 03768Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant 1854. A Superb Copy Of One of the Master's Earliest Successes DORÉ Gustave. Les Différents Publics de Paris. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant 1854. First edition. Oblong quarto 10 x 13 1/4 in; 254 x 335 mm. Lithograph title and twenty original lithograph plates. Publisher's lithographed green boards small piece 1 1/8 inch missing from top of spine. Ink signature on front free end-paper. Some light foxing heavier on preliminary leaves. A superb copy of the second 'collection' from the most popular and successful French book illustrator of the mid 19th century. "These twenty lithographs are studies of massed humanity ranging from the audiences at the great Parisian theatres to the crowds at a wrestling match or a Punch and Judy show. Without exception they are striking in conception and fertile in detail. To compare Doré's version of the reader's room at the library no. 14 and amongst Doré's celebrated with Daumier's in Les bas bleus is to ask one's self what word is left for the first if the second is called a caricature. Yet each of Doré's scenes is based on close observation and the album provides valuable testimony to the manners of the day" Ray. One of Doré's earliest efforts with which he made his debut at age twenty-two Les Différents Publics de Paris "scored an easy success.brilliant.masterly lithographed skits on Paris" Gosling p. 16 38. An important volume and a cornerstone to any collection of Doré. Beraldi Vl 30. Leblanc 90. Rahir 404. Ray 241. List of Plates: 1. Opéra Italien. 2. Comédie Francaise. 3. Opéra la fosse aux lions. 4. Jardin Des Plantes. 5. Odéon. 6. Folies Nouvelles. 7. Seraphin. 8. Funambules. 9. Soirées Fantastiques de Robert Houdin 10. Le Theatre Guignol. 11. Cirque et Hippodrome. 12. Les Lutteurs. 13. Les Abonnés Au Canon Du Palais Royal. 14. La Bibliotheque Salle de travail. 15. Les Joueurs De Boules. 16. Amphithéatre De L'Ecole De Médecine. 17. Cours D' Anatomie Comparée Au Jardin Des Plantes. 18. La Coulisse De La Bourse. 19. Justice De Paix Du 12me. Arrondissement. 20. Les Revues. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant, [1854] unknown books
Best.-Nr. 03768Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant 1854. A Superb Copy Of One of the Master's Earliest Successes DORÉ Gustave. Les Différents Publics de Paris. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant 1854. First edition. Oblong quarto 10 x 13 1/4 in; 254 x 335 mm. Lithograph title and twenty original lithograph plates. Publisher's lithographed green boards small piece 1 1/8 inch missing from top of spine. Ink signature on front free end-paper. Some light foxing heavier on preliminary leaves. A superb copy of the second 'collection' from the most popular and successful French book illustrator of the mid 19th century. "These twenty lithographs are studies of massed humanity ranging from the audiences at the great Parisian theatres to the crowds at a wrestling match or a Punch and Judy show. Without exception they are striking in conception and fertile in detail. To compare Doré's version of the reader's room at the library no. 14 and amongst Doré's celebrated with Daumier's in Les bas bleus is to ask one's self what word is left for the first if the second is called a caricature. Yet each of Doré's scenes is based on close observation and the album provides valuable testimony to the manners of the day" Ray. One of Doré's earliest efforts with which he made his debut at age twenty-two Les Différents Publics de Paris "scored an easy success.brilliant.masterly lithographed skits on Paris" Gosling p. 16 38. An important volume and a cornerstone to any collection of Doré. Beraldi Vl 30. Leblanc 90. Rahir 404. Ray 241. List of Plates: 1. Opéra Italien. 2. Comédie Francaise. 3. Opéra la fosse aux lions. 4. Jardin Des Plantes. 5. Odéon. 6. Folies Nouvelles. 7. Seraphin. 8. Funambules. 9. Soirées Fantastiques de Robert Houdin 10. Le Theatre Guignol. 11. Cirque et Hippodrome. 12. Les Lutteurs. 13. Les Abonnés Au Canon Du Palais Royal. 14. La Bibliotheque Salle de travail. 15. Les Joueurs De Boules. 16. Amphithéatre De L'Ecole De Médecine. 17. Cours D' Anatomie Comparée Au Jardin Des Plantes. 18. La Coulisse De La Bourse. 19. Justice De Paix Du 12me. Arrondissement. 20. Les Revues. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant, [1854] unknown
1861Best.-Nr. 1681521861. DORÉ Gustave. La Ménagerie Parisienne. Comprised of a printed title and 24 lithographic plates. 4to. 243 x 325 mm disbound in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Journal Pour Rire 1854. $4750.00 First Edition of this very early work by Doré. Created as a social satire of French culture La Ménagerie Parisienne was intended by Doré to be witty more than critical. He attributed an animal name to select Parisians attitudes and fashion in clothing corresponding to the characteristics of the animal. For example: Lions portrays a group of preening bearded men haughtily studying female pedestrians as they promenade past; Lionnes gives us a portrait of indifferent women of high class speeding in a carriage through a Parisian street; Rats d'opéra reveal three men in a box at the Paris opera house leering at the stage populated with a phalanx of comely ballerinas; and Coq is a sheer delight displaying a male dancer on tip-toe nose high in the air performing a street jig for a captivated audience. Other subjects include: Loups wolves Les Buses buzzards Chouettes owls Panthères panthers Pie magpies Gens de Bourse stockbrokers and Grandes Dames ou Gens du Peuple. This early Doré publication offers lithographs very much in the spirit and under the influence of Honoré Daumier. "All three of these lithographic albums are rare. Most copies were long ago taken apart to sell the lithographs individually. This copy is without the original wrappers and has some minor foxing and soilng but is a generally fresh and desirable copy of an early Doré rarity. Malan Gustave Doré 230. Leblanc Catalogue de L'Oeuvre Complet de Gustave Doré 237. hardcover books
1854Best.-Nr. 84305Paris: Au bureau du journal amusant 1854. Fine. Au bureau du journal amusant Paris S.d 1854 34.50 x 26.50 cm relié Gustave's 'jeunesse Doré' talent's no need of years First edition first printing of this rare album with its precious publisher's lithographed green cover by Belin and twenty original captioned lithographed plates by Gustave Doré. One of Doré's earliest efforts his debut album of illustrations he published at age twenty-two: ""In this album Doré begins to display an unprecedented mastery of comedy and exuberance. We are constantly drawn in by the abundant playfulness of his verve and as Béraldi says 'by a very accurate very witty and yet measured observation'""Henri Leblanc Catalogue de l'oeuvre complète de Gustave Doré. Later olive-green 3/4 Russian morocco binding faded spine light scuffing to the corners marbled pastedowns and endleaves original covers preserved binding signed Ch. Septier. Au bureau du journal amusant unknown
1872Best.-Nr. 189931London: Grant & Co. 1872. One of the great illustrated books of the world First edition in the publisher's deluxe morocco binding. Showcasing Doré and Jerrold's beautiful and influential "Pilgrimage" around the great metropolis of 19th-century London the ambitious project took four years to complete and was published with 180 engravings depicting various scenes around the city. Doré's striking chiaroscuro drawings faithfully rendered by a team of the finest French wood-engravers reflects the closeness and contrast of London's social classes. The book gained popularity and financial success in both Britain and America. Gordon Ray describes it as simply "one of the great illustrated books of the world". Folio. Wood-engraved frontispiece decorative title page 52 plates with captioned tissue guards illustrations in the text all after Doré. Title and letterpress printed within red double-rule border. Original green morocco over bevelled boards spine and covers lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt inner dentelles gilt loose French curl patterned endpapers edges gilt. Shallow chip to spine head foot of front joint just starting a few scratches and small dents to covers wear to corners large faint damp stains to some plates occasional light foxing. A very good copy. Beraldi VI 157; Ray 207 and listed as one of his "Outstanding Books". hardcover
1872Best.-Nr. 189822London: Grant & Co. 1872. One of the great illustrated books of the world First edition in the publisher's deluxe morocco binding. Showcasing Doré and Jerrold's beautiful and influential "Pilgrimage" around the great metropolis of 19th-century London the ambitious project took four years to complete and was published with 180 engravings depicting various scenes around the city. Doré's striking chiaroscuro drawings faithfully rendered by a team of the finest French wood-engravers reflects the closeness and contrast of London's social classes. The book gained popularity and financial success in both Britain and America. Gordon Ray describes it as simply "one of the great illustrated books of the world". Folio. Wood-engraved frontispiece decorative title page 52 plates with captioned tissue guards illustrations in the text all after Doré. Title and letterpress printed within red double-rule border. Original brown morocco over bevelled boards spine and covers lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt inner dentelles gilt loose French curl patterned endpapers edges gilt. A little rubbing inner hinges reinforced with cloth shallow chips to foot of front free endpaper repaired closed tear to upper margin of engraved title pale damp stains to a few plates contents a little foxed and cockled. A very good copy. Beraldi VI 157; Ray 207 and listed as one of his "Outstanding Books". hardcover
1854Best.-Nr. 1692561854. DORE Gustave. Histoire Dramatique Pittoresque et Caricaturale de la Sainte Russie D'après les Chroniquers et Historiens Nestor Nikan Sylvestre Karamsin Segur etc. 4 207 pp. printed on recto only illustrated with 500 engraved illustrations by Gustave Doré cut onto woodblocks by Sotain. 4to 290 x 195 mm. bound in contemporary brown quarter cloth over marbled boards with the original front and rear wrappers preserved. Paris: Lacour for J. Bry Ainé 1854. First edition early issue. Containing 500 surreal illustrations by Doré this volume presents a blistering criticism of the tyranny of the Russian Czars. In the first issue pages 89 and 97 have large blots of red ink depicting "le regné d'Ivan-le-Terrible." In this copy there is a red blot on page 97 but page 89 is blank. The collaboration between Gustave Doré and the woodcutter Sotain represents an important moment in both artist's development. "Sotain began engraving for the Magasin Pittoresque having executed for Philipon the plates to Beau Monde by Gustave Doré. The understanding that Sotain had for his art his methods and his ingenuity reassured the artist for this project. In the designs of this album Gustave Doré voluntarily multiplied the details of the images which are not usually found in such clarity" Valmy-Baysse Gustave Doré p. 150. Binding repaired and a few spots but overall a fine copy of an extremely rare work. Forberg Gustave Doré: Das graphische Werk II pp. 900-925. Leblanc Catalogue de l'Oeuvre Complet de Gustave Dore p. 135. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 17297Paris, Au bureau du Journal pour rire, s.d. [1854] In-4, 24 pl., maroquin rouge de l'époque, caissons, filets et arabesques dorés en encadrement sur les plats, des fleurons mosaïqués de peau fauve, verte et brune dans les angles et au milieu des caissons, frise de palmettes à froid et filets dorés cantonnés de fleurons dorés en encadrement autour du fleuron doré central, dos lisse orné de filets dorés et de fleurons dorés et mosaïqués de peau fauve et verte (restaurations du papier, rousseurs, quelques petits frottements et épidermures).