Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

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Lot 158 | Gustave Doré (1832-1883)
Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

La Sainte Bible. 1866

BIBLE, in French – DORE, Paul Gustave Louis Christophe (1832-1883). La Sainte Bible selon La Vulgate. Traduction nouvelle. Tours: Alfred Mame et fils, 1866.



First edition, one of only seven copies printed on chine, of one of the great monuments of French illustrated book production in the 19th century. Doré's illustrations for La Grande Bible de Tours are renowned. Celebrated for their composition and finesse, they metamorphosed in larger format into dioramas and even are seen as having influenced early cinema, such as Cecil B. de Mille’s Samson and Dalila (cf. Gustave Doré, 1832-1883, exhibition catalogue, Strasbourg, 1983, nos. 403-406). They required a large team - the leaf of 'Noms des coopérateurs' at end of vol. 2 names 27 engravers - to produce the wood-engravings from his original drawings. The 'Formation of Eve' plate is in first state with Adam partially clothed by a robe; the second edition replaced 13 of the original illustrations. The text is presented in double column, the letterpress separated by central elaborate woodcut columns by H. Giacomelli.



2 volumes, folio (421 x 308mm). Half-titles, 228 wood-engraved plates by Doré, and 15 full-page illustrations in the text (half-titles with light vertical crease, occasional very faint and insignificant spotting, slightly heavier in half-title of vol. 2). Contemporary brown morocco by David of Paris, purple watered-silk doublures, gilt inner dentelles, edges gilt and marbled, contained in two contemporary marbled paper-covered slipcases (covers faintly discoloured, extremities faintly rubbed). Provenance: J.H. (small booklabel).

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