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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good - Fine condition. Dore, Gustav (illustrateur). Undated [but 1867-1877]. Stuttgart [Germany]: Eduard Hallberger Two MAGNIFICENT folio volumes, complete. Beautifully bound in astonishingly well preserved original full leather. SEE PHOTOS. VERY RARE IN CONDITION AS NICE AS THIS. The bindings are in FINE condition, with only traces of rubbing at the extremities. Hinges (inner and outer) are PERFECT. All gilt is still as bright and shiny as new. Interior condition is rated only Very Good due to light to moderate foxing to pages at the beginning and end. Inner pages have no or almost no foxing. This was intended as a family Bible with space allowed for birth and baptism records. However nothing of that kind has been added and there is NO ownership name or bookplate. Text is in Gothic script [Black letter; Fraktur; old German print]. Full title: "Die heilige Schrift, Alten und Neuen Testamentes. Verdeutscht von D. Martin Luther, Mit zweihundert und dreià ig Bildern von Gustav Dorà " [in zwei Bänden]. i.e. Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, Translated into German by D. Martin Luther, With two hundred and thirty pictures by Gustav Dorà [in two volumes]. With 230 Dore illustrations including a tissue-guarded frontispiece in each volume. There is no year of publication or edition indicated but Dan Malan's bibliography states Hallberger's Stuttgart editions appeared between 1867 and 1877. See p. 239 in GUSTAVE DORE, ADRIFT ON DREAMS OF SPLENDOR, A COMPREHENSIVE BIOGRAPHY & BIBLIOGRAPHY. Two very large and extremely heavy volumes. Finely blind tooled and gilt-stamped leather, 5 raised spine bands, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt. SEE PHOTOS. Printed in two columns throughout with decorative devices between the columns and tail pieces at the ends. Each volume measures 17" tall x 13" wide x 2.5" thick [44 cm x 32 cm x 5.5 cm]. Oversize Hardcover. This extremely heavy 2 volume set [nearly 35 pounds before packaging] will require SUBSTANTIAL extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail, you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the second volume at no extra cost. SEE PHOTOS. "[This Bible] is one of the most popular illustrated Bibles of all time. The illustrations are by Gustave Dorà [1832 - 1883], a largely self-taught prodigy who began illustrating professionally at age 16. At the time of his death in 1883, Dorà was the most widely published illustrator in history. His most famous works include illustrations for John Milton's Paradise Lost, Dante's Inferno, and Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven. But Dorà 's Bible illustrations were, and still are, his most popular. Even art critics of the day responded positively. One such critic said, 'Dorà has illustrated the Holy Bible, and the drawings are some of the most wonderful that have ever been executed by any artist, in any age.' The commercial success of this Bible was followed by the opening of the Dorà Gallery in London, which remained open for the rest of his life. Dorà 's popular success with the Bible, along with other well-loved works, solidified his singular legacy in the history of Western art." - Museum of the Bible. Not in Darlow and Moule. Undated [but 1867-1877]. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good - Fine condition. Illus. by Dore, Gustav. 2 vols: [1] - 774pp; [775] - 1235pp + [1] - 343pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.