Description
FIRST PRINTING OF Gustave Doré's engravings.
"If of all the works illustrated by Gustave Doré, only one remained, it would be this one: the illustration is as good as the text, and that's saying something, since Balzac considered the Contes drolatiques as his masterpiece. "
(Brivois, Bibliography of 19th century illustrated books, 1883, p. 32).
Paris,Société Générale de Librairie,1855.In-8, Bound,130 x 208 mm,615 pp.
Red half maroon with corners, smooth back, golden head, date on the foot.