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Rare, antique book titled Enid by Alfred Tennyson illustrations by Gustave Dore 143
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Rare, antique book titled Enid by Alfred Tennyson illustrations by Gustave Dore 143

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South Africa
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Enid by Alfred, Lord, 1st Baron Tennyson

 Male : Poet. Poet Laureate 1850 and that same year married Emily Sellwood. Buried in Westminster Abbey

Nationality : English Place of Birth : Somersby, Lincolnshire

Date of Birth : 1809 Date of Death : 1892 Age : 83

Education : Louth GS & Trinity College, Cambridge
 
This is the first Dore-illustrated edition of Tennyson's Enid and was published in 1868.   It is a blue hard covered book with gold decorated cloth .I have been told the paper is handmade. Illustrated with 9 page plates - steel engravings from Doré.  There is spotting and other markings.  One page is loose and another two are slightly torn but considering that the book is 143 years old it is in very good condition.  All page edges are gilt and the text and illustrations are not damaged.

Moxon was the only publisher ever to commission steel engravings from Doré. His total cost for these editions must have been staggering. The steel engravings give much more of a speckled look to the scenes, different from the grainy look of Doré’s usual wood engravings.

IF & WHEN AVAILABLE THIS BOOK IS SOLD OVERSEAS FOR R 15000+ HOWEVER  I COULD NOT FIND ANY BOOK AVAILABLE IN SOUTH AFRICA

SEE PHOTOGRAPHS BELOW THE PICTURE OF THE BOOK


PLEASE NOTE - THIS BOOK IS SOLD "AS IS" SHOULD YOU WISH TO SEE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OF MARKINGS / TEARS / OR ILLUSTRATIONS ASK BEFORE BIDDING!  THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE & COLLECTABLE BOOK AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS 143 YEARS OLD IT COULD NEVER BE IN "PERFECT" CONDITION

THIS BOOK WILL BE SENT BY COURIER & INSURED ANYWHERE WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA & FEES WILL BE PAID BY SELLER

OVERSEAS BUYER TO CARRY THE COST OF DELIVERY

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