Gustave Dore was perhaps the most successful illustrator of the nineteenth century. His Dore Bible was a treasured possession in numerous homes, and his best-received works continued to appear through the years in edition after edition. His illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy comprise one of his most highly regarded efforts and were Dore's personal favorites.
The present volume reproduces with excellent clarity all 135 plates that Dore produced for The Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise. From...