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Vintage book TENNYSON DORE VIVIEN GUINEVERE MOXON 1867 1st Ed 18 ENGRAVINGS Nice
TENNYSON DORE VIVIEN GUINEVERE MOXON 1867 INTERIOR CLEAN DORE 18 ENGRAVINGS. Beautiful large format book rough on the edges some minor repair by professional. See the pictures everything looks to be intact and full. Gustave Dore / VIVIEN GUINEVERE by Alfred Tennyson First London: Edward Moxon, 1867. Large folio (12-1/2 by 16-1/2 inches), original full blue cloth gilt spine, gold gilt title piece within an ornamental gilt cover border, blue endpapers, all edges gilt. Rubbing and wear at the extremities. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Gustav Dore, 18 full-page steel engravings.Edition 1867. THESE FOLIO SIZED BOOK COME WITH PATINA AND WEAR 150+YEARS OF AGE. (DOR, Gustave, illustrator) TENNYSON, Alfred. Vivien. BOUND WITH: Guinevere. London: Edward Moxon, 1867. Folio (12-1/2 by 17 inches), original dark blue cloth gilt, all edges gilt.. These were very popular illustrations" Dore was one of the prolific book illustrators of all time, he was very popular all over the world in the late nineteenth century. Dore' produced over 10,000 illustrations. He took the art of engraving and reinvented it. Dore's engravings are so energetic, intricate, and dramatic that it's hard to believe they're steel engravings.
























