GUSTAVE DORE'S MASTERPIECE IN RED AND GOLD CARTONNAGE - Lot 50

GUSTAVE DORE'S MASTERPIECE IN RED AND GOLD CARTONNAGE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de) / DORE (Gustave). L'INGENIEUX HIDALGO DON QUICHOTTE DE LA MANCHE. Paris, Hachette, 1863. Two large volumes in-folio, full red percaline, smooth spines decorated with cold-stamped boxes, plates framed with cold-stamped triple fillet, decorated titles, author and tomaison in gold in the center of the first plates (Publisher's binding). A fine copy. Translation by Louis Viardot with drawings (120 hors-texte plates and over 250 in-text vignettes) by Gustave Doré engraved by Héliodore Pisan. First edition of Doré's illustrations. (cf. Leblanc). Palau, 52853: "Aunque no encarnan los tipos ni los paisajes de la célebre novela, las compositiones de Doré por su genial fantasia y por su merito artistico fueron recibidas on un éxito asombroso. " Rius, 578: "Esta espléndida y lujosisima edicion". We have here the alliance of two masterpieces. A very fine copy of Gustave Doré's masterpiece in hardback.