The History of Don Quixote. By Cervantes. And a Biographical Notice of Cervantes, by T. Teignmouth Shore, M.A. Illustrated by Gustave Dore.

The History of Don Quixote. By Cervantes. And a Biographical Notice of Cervantes, by T. Teignmouth Shore, M.A. Illustrated by Gustave Dore. Folio.(9.25" x 12.125") 737 pp. c1870. London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin. Half brown morocco with corners, triple gilt rule to all leather edges, over brown pebbled cloth boards. Spine with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title to triple gilt rule framed second compartment, triple gilt rule with fancy gilt filigree corners surrounding a centered gilt arabesque device to all other compartments, gilt rule to head and foot of spine. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. 118 full page engravings and dozens of in-text illustrations. Foxing predominately to front and rear of text block with intermittent spots throughout. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed. Title page in black and red ink. Small stains to covers with some soiling, otherwise NEAR FINE. A large, heavy book with Dore's amazing plates. Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré (UK: /ˈdɔːreɪ/ DOR-ay, US: /dɔːˈreɪ/ dor-AY; French: [ɡystav dɔʁe]; 6 January 1832 – 23 January 1883) was a French printmaker, illustrator, painter, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor. He is best known for his prolific output of wood-engravings illustrating classic literature, especially those for the Vulgate Bible and Dante's Divine Comedy. These achieved great international success, and he became renowned for printmaking, although his role was normally as the designer only; at the height of his career some 40 block-cutters were employed to cut his drawings onto the wooden printing blocks, usually also signing the image. He created over 10,000 illustrations, the most important of which were copied using an electrotype process using cylinder presses, allowing very large print runs to be published simultaneously in many countries. Although Doré's work was popular with the general public during his life, it was met with mixed reviews from contemporary art critics. His work has been more widely celebrated in the centuries following his death. Among his admirers were writers H. P. Lovecraft and Théophile Gautier.