Description

First Edition, First Issue of one of the two earliest and most rare of all Doré's illustrated books. Only Les Travaux d'Hercule precedes this book, and like the Trois Artistes Incompris et Mecontens is very rarely if ever seen in commerce. Illustrated with an engraved title-page as the upper cover illustration of the book, and over 150 woodcut illustrations throughout. Folio, publisher's original and earliest binding of pictorially illustrated yellow paper over boards, the upper cover with all-over illustrations printed in red and black. [1], 25 pp. A well preserved and handsome copy of this very rare and fragile book, some expert and unobtrusive strengthening at the tips and edges, a book seldom if ever encountered, and even then, nearly always with very considerable wear and breakage.