1880 BIBLE Gallery Gustave Dore ART Illustrated Old/New Testament Bible Scenes

1880 BIBLE Gallery Gustave Dore ART Illustrated Old/New Testament Bible Scenes

Gustave Dore first began publishing Bible illustrations in 1865 in France, but because of their immense popularity, they would see reissues for decades and all over the western world. Most of these large, multi-volume Bibles, that contained nearly 250 engravings, were too heavy and expensive for the common buyer, so smaller products were published that featured only illustrations and no Bible text. These became the ‘Dore Bible Gallery’ editions.

Dore’s Bible illustrations had a direct effect on early 20^th-century biblical based films, drawing influence and costume design from Dore’s portrayal of Bible characters. This late 19^th-century Hurst edition features a frontispiece portrait of Doré.

Item number: #23749

Price: $499

CHAMBERS, Talbot W.; DORE, Gustave (illus.)

The Bible Gallery. Illustrated by Gustave Dore, with Memoir of Dore and Descriptive Letter-Press

New York; London; Paris: Cassell and Company Limited, ©1880.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • Unpaginated
  • 100 engravings, plus frontispiece portrait of Dore
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Decorative yellow
• Size: ~12.25in X 10in (31.5cm x 25cm)

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