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Edgar Allan POE The Raven

Edgar Allan POE

Gustave DORE

The Raven

Harper & Brothers, New York 1884, 37x47cm, relié.


Harper & Bros. New York, 1884. 
First American edition. Wonderfully illustrated with 26 full page engravings by Gustave Doré.
Grey cloth publisher's binding, spine and front cover elaborately gilt. 
"The poet's melancholy luxury sparked Doré's saddened imagination, and he poignantly rendered the inexpressible sadness of this dark idyll..." (Blanche Roosevelt, La Vie et les oeuvres de Gustave Doré)
Well preserved copy without any foxing throughout.
Rare copy of this masterpiece from the twilight years of the nineteenth century's most celebrated book illustrator. 

 

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