Enid / by Alfred Tennyson : illustrated by Gustave Doré
1868, First Edition. London : Edward Moxon. Good copy in the original elaborately gilt-tooled and bordered decorated cloth over bevelled boards. Covers heavily sun-faded and somewhat dust-dulled, with rubbing to the edges, and minor loss at the corners and spine bands. Front hinge is cracked, with the initial three gatherings coming loose at the top and secured at the bottom. Pages generally clean, with some minor dust-dulling. Plates retain their tissue guards. For its size and age, a well-preserved copy. Item #455439
Physical description; 107 pages, 9 mounted plates (including frontispiece) ; 42 cm. Format; In portfolio. Subjects; Tennyson, Alfred, Baron (1809-1892). Idylls of the king - Illustrations, Arthurian romances - Adaptations, Doré, Gustave (1832-1883) - Catalogs.
Price: €425.00