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Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold
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London. A Pilgrimage
Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold
DORÉ, Gustave (1832-1883) [WM1] and Blanchard JERROLD (1826-1884). London. A Pilgrimage. London: Grant & Co., 1872.
First edition, inscribed by Mick Jagger: ‘To Charlie / Happy Christmas 2016 / Mick’. ‘Doré's devastating realization of the contrast of wealth and poverty in a modern metropolis makes LONDON one of the great illustrated books of the world’ (Ray).
Folio (405 x 313mm). Numerous plates and illustrations by Gustave Doré (endpapers a little spotted). Contemporary black half morocco, edges sprinkled red (rebacked, extremities lightly worn). Provenance: Henry Sotheran Ltd. (bookseller’s label on front pastedown).
Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold
DORÉ, Gustave (1832-1883) [WM1] and Blanchard JERROLD (1826-1884). London. A Pilgrimage. London: Grant & Co., 1872.
First edition, inscribed by Mick Jagger: ‘To Charlie / Happy Christmas 2016 / Mick’. ‘Doré's devastating realization of the contrast of wealth and poverty in a modern metropolis makes LONDON one of the great illustrated books of the world’ (Ray).
Folio (405 x 313mm). Numerous plates and illustrations by Gustave Doré (endpapers a little spotted). Contemporary black half morocco, edges sprinkled red (rebacked, extremities lightly worn). Provenance: Henry Sotheran Ltd. (bookseller’s label on front pastedown).
