TAINE (Hippolyte Adolphe) - DORÉ (Gustave). Voyage aux Pyrénées. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1860. - In-8, 247 x 160: (1 blank f.), VI, 554 pp. miscalculated 354, (1 f.), printed cover. Red half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillets, ornate spine, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (V. Champs). Third edition, the first in-8, of this "account of a personal experience, an itinerary from Pau to Toulouse through bathing places, valleys and peaks. The whole is enriched with general considerations on history, customs and vegetation, and ends with practical recommendations for the traveler" ("L'Espagne et Londres Visions de l'Europe", in: KAENEL, Philippe. Doré. L'imaginaire au pouvoir. Paris: Musée d'Orsay, Flammarion, National Gallery of Canada, 2014, p. 122). The illustration consists of 341 woodcut compositions based on drawings by Gustave DORÉ, 49 of which are full-page. Most of these are first editions, as the 1855 original included only 64 of the artist's engravings. A very fine copy in Champs binding, very well preserved.
Estimate
€300 - €400
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€758
Buyer's premium
25%
TAINE (Hippolyte Adolphe) - DORÉ (Gustave).
Voyage aux Pyrénées.
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1860. - In-8, 247 x 160: (1 blank f.), VI, 554 pp. miscalculated 354, (1 f.), printed cover. Red half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillets, ornate spine, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (V. Champs).
Third edition, the first in-8, of this "account of a personal experience, an itinerary from Pau to Toulouse through bathing places, valleys and peaks. The whole is enriched with general considerations on history, customs and vegetation, and ends with practical recommendations for the traveler" ("L'Espagne et Londres Visions de l'Europe", in: KAENEL, Philippe. Doré. L'imaginaire au pouvoir. Paris: Musée d'Orsay, Flammarion, National Gallery of Canada, 2014, p. 122).
The illustration consists of 341 woodcut compositions based on drawings by Gustave DORÉ, 49 of which are full-page. Most of these are first editions, as the 1855 original included only 64 of the artist's engravings.
A very fine copy in Champs binding, very well preserved.
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