45 - [GILDED]. PERRAULT (Ch.). THE FAIRY TALES. Paris: Hetzel, 1883. Folio size, in the publisher’s red percaline, front cover entirely decorated in gold, smooth spine with compartments and ornamentation, title in gold (publisher’s binding). Foxing, sometimes pronounced, a few pages protruding, spine color slightly faded. ILLUSTRATED EDITION with a frontispiece and 38 out-of-text PLATES by Gustave Doré. ¶ Leblanc, 276 for the original 1862 edition—ARIOSTO. ROLAND FURIEUX. Heroic poem translated by A.-J. Du Pays. P. Hachette, 1879. Large folio in the publisher’s red percaline, decorated on the front cover and spine with a gilt design after A. Souze; plain spine; gilt title. Some rubbing along the side margins with small losses to the gilt edging; the spine’s color has faded slightly; very scattered foxing. FIRST EDITION of this work ILLUSTRATED by Gustave DORÉ: 618 DRAWINGS, including a frontispiece, 81 large full-page compositions, and 536 illustrations in the text. MAGNIFICENT HARDCOVER binding decorated by the publisher. ¶ Leblanc, 32: “Doré demonstrated an extraordinarily fertile and flexible imagination.”—THE HOLY BIBLE. New translation based on the Vulgate by Messrs. J.-J. Bourassé and P. Janvier. Tours, Mame, 1866. Two folio volumes in ½ red shagreen, decorated ribbed spine, gilt title (contemporary binding). Spine faded, leather wear, very scattered foxing, more pronounced on a few pages. SECOND PRINTING of this FAMOUS AND MONUMENTAL PUBLICATION ILLUSTRATED by Gustave DORÉ. It contains 230 woodcuts, full-page (119 in Volume I and 111 in Volume II) and ornamentation by Hector Giacomelli. ¶ Leblanc, 48: “The most popular of the works illustrated by Gustave Doré, both in France and abroad.” SET OF 3 VOLUMES.