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Der Einband mit leichteren Gebrauchsspuren. Die Deckel leicht fleckig, die Ecken und Kapitale etwas bestoßen. Einige Seiten leicht stockfleckig. Sonst gutes Exemplar der ERSTAUSGABE. Book is in good condition . Gilt text block edges and the blue cloth is richly decorated with gilt ornamental work and gilt text on spine and front board. Illustrations are protected by tissue papers (complete). Some external wear, rubbing and tears (esp. spine ends and board corners, see photos). Little spotting to few pages otherwise clean . - Doré illustrates the first four episodes from Tennyson`s poetic cycle: Enid, Vivien, Elaine, and Guinevere. Doré`s edition was first published in four parts between 1867 and 1868. The notice for the third part, Elaine, by the Saturday Review critic could apply equally to the entire series: it was, he declared, "the most ambitious and ornate work of the day", honouring Tennyson with "typography and general sumptuousness" (cited in Kooistra, p. 238). The French critic Jules Claretie later noted that Doré`s "imagination and sense of fantasy were at ease in this dream world. With a powerful poetry he evoked the depths of the avenues of druidic oaks, the dark forests of Broceliande, the enchanted lakes, the exploits of Lancelot, the heroics of the Knights of the Round Table, the pale visions of the enchanted past" (cited in Zafran, p. 99). Moxon spared no expense in employing the best English engravers of the day to capture on steel Doré`s vision, and the fine typography by Swift & Co. should not be overlooked. Ray 250; Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, The Illustrated Gift Book and Victorian Visual Culture 1855-1875, 2011; Eric Zafran, Fantasy and Faith: The Art of Gustave Doré, 2007. Originalleinen. Folio (42cm x 31cm). 107 pages, 9 full-page illustrations by Gustav Doré. First edition.

Der Einband mit leichteren Gebrauchsspuren. Die Deckel leicht fleckig, die Ecken und Kapitale etwas bestoßen. Einige Seiten leicht stockfleckig. Sonst gutes Exemplar der ERSTAUSGABE. Book is in good condition . Gilt text block edges and the blue cloth is richly decorated with gilt ornamental work and gilt text on spine and front board. Illustrations are protected by tissue papers (complete). Some external wear, rubbing and tears (esp. spine ends and board corners, see photos). Little spotting to few pages otherwise clean . - Doré illustrates the first four episodes from Tennyson`s poetic cycle: Enid, Vivien, Elaine, and Guinevere. Doré`s edition was first published in four parts between 1867 and 1868. The notice for the third part, Elaine, by the Saturday Review critic could apply equally to the entire series: it was, he declared, "the most ambitious and ornate work of the day", honouring Tennyson with "typography and general sumptuousness" (cited in Kooistra, p. 238). The French critic Jules Claretie later noted that Doré`s "imagination and sense of fantasy were at ease in this dream world. With a powerful poetry he evoked the depths of the avenues of druidic oaks, the dark forests of Broceliande, the enchanted lakes, the exploits of Lancelot, the heroics of the Knights of the Round Table, the pale visions of the enchanted past" (cited in Zafran, p. 99). Moxon spared no expense in employing the best English engravers of the day to capture on steel Doré`s vision, and the fine typography by Swift & Co. should not be overlooked. Ray 250; Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, The Illustrated Gift Book and Victorian Visual Culture 1855-1875, 2011; Eric Zafran, Fantasy and Faith: The Art of Gustave Doré, 2007.

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