BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY GUSTAVE DORE, 19TH C., 4 VOLUMES:Leather and cloth bound books, each featuring embossed detailing in black and gold at the covers. All are illustrated by Gustave Dore, including "Dante's Inferno" by Dante Alighieri, translated by The Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A., New Edition, 1860, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.; "The Fables of La Fontaine", translated into English verse by Walter Thornbury, Cassell & Company, limited; "Milton's Paradise Lost", edited by Robert Vaughan, D.D., Cassell & Company, limted; "The Legend of the Wandering Jew", Belford, Clarke & Company, New York and Chicago.

Measuring H. 11 1/2" to H. 14 1/2". The spines on both La Fontaines Fables and Dante's Inferno are partially loose at either end, each shows wear along the edge of the binding and fading/discoloration to the front and back covers. The first several pages of Dante's inferno show a 2" tear at the lower left side. Each page on all four shows toning about the edges, with several bearing light to medium areas of staining. Ln