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Auction No 420, Tag: Gustave Dore

4 Lots (displaying 1 - 4)

"Fables de La Fontaine avec les Dessins de Gustave Dore", Hachette, Paris, 1890, folio, re-backed in fine red morocco, gilt,

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £58
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Fables de La Fontaine avec les Dessins de Gustave Dore, Hachette, Paris, 1890, folio, re-backed in fine red morocco, gilt, the cloth-covered boards worn & faded, cloth to back board torn; internally VG with most of the fine wood-engraved full-page plates after Dore clean, the last 60pp damp-stained upper right affecting the plate margins and straying on to four of the plates. A re-issue of the 1868 edition. Small ownership inscription to second free endpaper; lx,864pp

Cervantes "The History of Don Quixote….Illustrated by Gustave Dore", Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1870s], tall 4to., half-leather, gilt, marbled sides

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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Cervantes The History of Don Quixote….Illustrated by Gustave Dore, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1870s], tall 4to., half-leather, gilt, marbled sides & endpapers; browning to first & last few leaves o/w fine internally. Some wear to extremities of the binding. 118 full-page engravings.

"The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments….with Illustrations by Gustave Dore", Cassell, Petter, and Galpin [1872-76],

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £145
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The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments….with Illustrations by Gustave Dore, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin [1872-76], tall 4to, 2 vols., bound in full grained leather, gilt, by William Mansell (successor to James Hayday), with blind-tooled crucifix to front boards, a.e.g., marbled endpapers; some scuffing to boards, hinges requiring strengthening in places; fine internally with 238 full-page wood-engravings.

H.W. Bates (Ed.) "Illustrated Travels: A Record of Discovery, Geography, and Adventure", Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1869-75]; 4to, 6 vols in 3;

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £115
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H.W. Bates (Ed.) Illustrated Travels: A Record of Discovery, Geography, and Adventure, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1869-75]; 4to, 6 vols in 3; half-leather, gilt, some wear to extremities, a.e.g.; marbled endpapers; fine internally with numerous wood engravings after Gustave Dore and other artists. (3)