This beautiful volume brings together over 500 works by the great 19th century illustrator Gustave Doré. Renowned as a master of his art, Doré's hugely ambitious projects included such classics as Dante's Divine Comedy, Cervante's Don Quixote, and the Bible. Author and compiler George Davidson provides a detailed introduction to each literary work and to the selection of Doré's illustrations that follow. Every full-page illustration is accompanied by a carefully chosen citation from the original text. The result is a stunning volume of touching, romantic, turbulent and often awe-inspiring drawings that both shed light on classics of literature and are works of art in their own right.
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Hardback, very good condition. Very light shelf wear to jacket edges with light bumps on jacket faces. Cover is in very good condition with minor bumps to edges. Pages are clean and binding is tight.
Published by Metro Books, 2008 (upon arrangement with Arcturus Publishing).
ISBN: 9781435107205