l^INE ART BOOKS. 



THE DORE GIFT BOOK OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO 



TENNYSON'S IDYLLS OF THE KING. With Descriptive Letterpress 

 and Quotations from Tennyson's Poems, by Permission. In pne Magnificent 

 royal 4to Volume, containing 37 Engravings on Steel, from the Origiuai Draw- 

 ings by GusTAVE Dor6. Cloth, richly gilt, gilt edges, price 4M. 

 Iti Gust AVE Dor£, TteNNVSON has met with an illjutrqtxjir nvoriky pfhisr^o^ic. 

 genius. (^ all pictorial illustrators he is the fHost proltjici and none Ads excelled 

 him, or perhaps approached him, w the Peculiar ptrwer which is qf" inestimable 

 ) value to the illustrator of a ^eat -writer^that of instinctively perceiinng the pre- 

 vailing sentiment or idea of a scene^ and the rti^tzve Proport^n* of incidents and , 

 \ accessories necessary to realize it to the mind. A greater proof of the versatility of 

 horS^ s genius coum scarcely be found than in tlie remarkable success with which he 

 has illustrated Tennyson s charming Idylls. . ^., , 



GUSTAVE DORE'S ILLUSTRATIONS , TO THE 



ARTHURIAN LEGENDS. Royal 4to, handsomely bound, cloth, richly 

 gilt, gilt edges, price 12s. each. --..,-- 



I. The Story of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere^ From the Traditions 

 of the Mythical period of British History, Welsh, Breton^" Norman, and 

 Italian Chroniclers and Romanctsts, and iater Ballad an^ Idyllic poetry. 

 With Nine Engravings on Steel, from Drawings l^y Gustave Dor!^.'',.' 



:*. The Story of Merlin the Enchanter and Vivien, as related' by the old 

 British and Breton Chroniclers and in later Poetry. , TjVit^^Nine Engrayings 

 on Steel, from Drawings by Gustave DoRfe. -.'- ■'.'.,, 



3. The Story of Enid and Geraint. From the old Welsh, French, German, 



and Scandinavian Legends. With Nine Engravings on Steely ft-omT-Drawings 

 by Gustave Dok6. ' 



4. The Story of Elaine. From the Arthurian Legends coIle€ted,by Sir Thomas 



Malory and later Writers. With Nine Engravings on Steel, from Drawings' 

 ' by Gustave DoRfe. ' ' ' --^i - . , 



THE TENNYSON-DORE GIFT BOOKS. 



Folio, cloth gilt, gilt edges, price 211. each, 



I. Tennyson's Guinevere. With Nine Illustrations by Ous^raV^ Do^ 

 a. Tennyson's Vivien. With Nine Illustrations by Gustave Dor^. 



3. Tennyson's Enid. With Nine Illustrations by GusT4.VE-^X)0Rfe,. 



4. Tennyson's Elaine. With Nine Illustrations by Gust^vEt DQ^|t. . 



THOMAS HOOI>, Illustrated by Gustave Dork With Nine 



Engraving^ on Steel, from Drawings by Gustave Dor^,' arid many Woodcuts, 

 Folio, cloth, gilt edges, 21J. ' ■ 



THOMAS HOOD, Illustrated by Birket Foster. With 

 Twenty-two Drawings by Birket Foster, engraved on Sfeeli Large 4to»^ 

 cloth gilt, gilt edges, zw. 



THOMAS HOOD, again Illustrated by Birlcet Foster: With 



Twenty-two Drawings by Birket Fost^;^, engraved- on SteeV.' Large 4to, 

 doth gilt, gilt edges, 21s. 



KEATS' POETIC ROMANCE, ENDYMION.. Illustrated 

 by E. J. PovNTKR, A.R.A. With Six Magnificent Engravings on Steer by 

 F. Joubert, from Paintings by E. J. PoyNter. 'Folio, cloth gilt, gilt 

 edges, 21S, 



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