[DORÉ]. CHATEAUBRIAND (François René de). Atala. Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie,1863. In-folio, publisher's red percaline, large gilt title to center front board. First printing. Fourteen vignettes and 30 woodcuts after Gustave DORÉ. "Doré with incredible ease [shows] himself by turns dark, dazzling, graceful and virile [...]. The desert in particular is rendered with a power that would be difficult to match" (Leblanc, 71).
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
30%
[DORÉ]. CHATEAUBRIAND (François René de). Atala. Paris, Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie,1863.
In-folio, publisher's red percaline, large gilt title to center front board.
First printing.
Fourteen vignettes and 30 woodcuts after Gustave DORÉ.
"Doré with incredible ease [shows] himself by turns dark, dazzling, graceful and virile [...]. The desert in particular is rendered with a power that would be difficult to match" (Leblanc, 71).
Sale
Thursday 15 May・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Salle 11 - Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris