Héliodore Joseph PISAN

Original wood engraving signed on the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Héliodore Pisan on China paper and mounted on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
A pale marginal dampstain, not touching the image, as well as a small tear without loss and not affecting the engraving at the bottom and wormhole in the lower margin.
These illustrations for the Contes are considered the most successful for this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the...

Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Héliodore Pisan on China paper and mounted on Holland laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Rare and light worming to margins not affecting the engraving.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism thanks to the...

Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition executed by Gustave Doré and engraved by Héliodore Pisan on China paper and mounted on Holland laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Fold in the lower right corner and very rare worming.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism through the technique...

Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and the engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Héliodore Pisan on China paper and mounted on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Worming in margins not touching the engraving.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the scene to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism through the technique known as...

Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and the engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Héliodore Pisan on China paper and mounted on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Two scratches in the margin, a small tear in the upper margin without loss and very rare worming not touching the engraving.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the scene to the...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist.
Plate specially created for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote for the 1863 Hachette edition.
Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, an avid hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "I am therefore going to the homeland of this illustrious hidalgo to study all the places he traveled through...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist.
Plate specially created for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote for the Hachette edition of 1863.

Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, a knowledgeable hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quichotte: "Je me rends donc dans la patrie de cet illustre hidalgo pour étudier tous les lieux qu'il...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist.
Plate specially created for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote for the Hachette edition of 1863.

Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, a knowledgeable hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quichotte: "Je me rends donc dans la patrie de cet illustre hidalgo pour étudier tous les lieux qu'il...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist.
Plate created specifically for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote for the 1863 Hachette edition.

Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, an avid hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "Je me rends donc dans la patrie de cet illustre hidalgo pour étudier tous les lieux qu'il a...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist.
Plate created specifically for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote for the 1863 Hachette edition.

Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, an avid hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "Je me rends donc dans la patrie de cet illustre hidalgo pour étudier tous les lieux qu'il a...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist.
Plate created specifically for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote for the 1863 Hachette edition.

Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, a knowledgeable Hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "Je me rends donc dans la patrie de cet illustre hidalgo pour étudier tous les lieux qu'il a...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist.
Plate created specifically for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote for the 1863 Hachette edition.

Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, a knowledgeable Hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "Je me rends donc dans la patrie de cet illustre hidalgo pour étudier tous les lieux qu'il a...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist. Light foxing to lower right margin, not touching the plate.
Plate created specifically for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote for the Hachette edition of 1863.

Gustave Doré first travelled to Spain in 1855, accompanied by Théophile Gautier and the publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, fulfilling a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, an experienced hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "I am therefore going to the...

First edition. Wood engraving signed on the plate by the artist. Light foxing not affecting the engraving.
Plate created specifically for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote in the Hachette edition of 1863.

Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, a knowledgeable hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "I am therefore going to the homeland of this...

First edition. Wood engraving signed on the plate by the artist.
Plate created specifically for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote in the Hachette edition of 1863.

Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, a knowledgeable hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "I am therefore going to the homeland of this illustrious hidalgo to study all the places...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist. Pale foxing in the upper margin not affecting the engraving.
Plate created specifically for the illustration of Don Quixote by Cervantes for the Hachette edition of 1863.

Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, a knowledgeable Hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "Je me rends donc dans la...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist. Some pale spotting in the margin of the plate.
Plate created specifically for the illustration of Don Quixote by Cervantes for the Hachette edition of 1863.

Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, a knowledgeable Hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "Je me rends donc dans la patrie de cet...

First edition. Wood engraving signed on the plate by the artist.
Plate created specifically for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote for the Hachette edition of 1863.

Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, accompanied by Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, an avid hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily for the illustration of Don Quixote: "I am therefore going to the homeland of this illustrious hidalgo to study all the places he traveled...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist. A small foxing spot in the upper margin, not touching the engraving.
Plate created specifically for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote for the Hachette edition of 1863.

Gustave Doré traveled to Spain first in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, a knowledgeable hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there mainly with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "I am therefore going to...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist. Some very discreet worming.
Plate created specifically for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote in the Hachette edition of 1863.

Gustave Doré first travelled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and the publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, a learned hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "Je me rends donc dans la patrie de cet illustre hidalgo pour...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist.
Plate created specifically for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote in the Hachette edition of 1863.

Gustave Doré first travelled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and the publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, a learned hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "Je me rends donc dans la patrie de cet illustre hidalgo pour étudier tous les lieux qu'il a...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist.

Plate created specifically for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote for the 1863 Hachette edition.

Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, accompanied by Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, an informed hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "Je me rends donc dans la patrie de cet illustre hidalgo pour étudier tous les lieux qu'il a...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist. A long tear without loss to the left margin of the plate.

Plate created specifically for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote for the 1863 Hachette edition.

Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, accompanied by Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, an informed hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "Je me rends donc dans la patrie de...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist. Some light foxing.

Plate specially created for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote for the Hachette edition of 1863.


Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, a knowledgeable hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "I am therefore going to the homeland of this illustrious...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist.

Plate created specifically for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote for the Hachette edition of 1863.

Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, a knowledgeable hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "I am therefore going to the homeland of this illustrious hidalgo to study all the...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist.

Plate created specifically for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote for the Hachette edition of 1863.

Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, an experienced hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "I am therefore going to the homeland of this illustrious hidalgo to study all the...

Original wood engraving signed on the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition by Gustave Doré and engraved by Héliodore Pisan on China paper and mounted on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
A pale marginal dampstain, not touching the image.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate a terrifying realism through the technique known as "tinted...

First edition. Wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist.

Plate created specifically for the illustration of Cervantes' Don Quixote for the Hachette edition of 1863.

Gustave Doré first traveled to Spain in 1855, in the company of Théophile Gautier and publisher Paul Dalloz. In 1861, responding to a commission from the journal Le Tour du monde, he returned there with Baron Jean Charles Davillier, a knowledgeable hispanophile, who would recount their journey in his Voyage en Espagne.
Doré went there primarily with a view to illustrating Don Quixote: "I am therefore going to the homeland of this illustrious hidalgo to study all the...