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Gustave Doré
Roland Furieux - Rare Book Illustrated by Gustave Dorè - 1879

1879

About the Item

Roland Furieux is an original modern rare book written by Ludovico Ariosto and illustrated by Gustave Doré (Strasbourg, 1832 – 23 January 1883) in 1879. Published by Hachette, Paris. Original 1st Edition. Format: large Folio. The book includes 656 pages. Original binding. Hundreds of plates (copper and woodcuts). Very good conditions. Gustave Doré in 1868. Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré (Strasbourg, 1832 – 23 January 1883) was a French artist, printmaker, illustrator, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who worked primarily with wood-engraving. In 1853 Doré was asked to illustrate the works of Lord Byron. This commission was followed by additional work for British publishers, including a new illustrated Bible. In 1856 he produced 12 folio-size illustrations of The Legend of The Wandering Jew, which propagated longstanding antisemitic views of the time, for a short poem which Pierre-Jean de Béranger had derived from a novel of Eugène Sue of 1845. In the 1860s he illustrated a French edition of Cervantes's Don Quixote, and his depictions of the knight and his squire, Sancho Panza, became so famous that they influenced subsequent readers, artists, and stage and film directors' ideas of the physical "look" of the two characters. Doré also illustrated an oversized edition of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven", an endeavor that earned him 30,000 francs from publisher Harper & Brothers in 1883. Doré's later work included illustrations for new editions of Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Milton's Paradise Lost, Tennyson's Idylls of the King, The Works of Thomas Hood, and The Divine Comedy. Doré's work also appeared in the weekly newspaper The Illustrated London News.
  • Creator:
    Gustave Doré (1832 - 1883, French)
  • Creation Year:
    1879
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 17.72 in (45 cm)Width: 13 in (33 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M-1185361stDibs: LU65037992422
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