![]() ![]() ![]() Fiske acquired editions in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish for Cornell.Īccording to Aida Audeh, “Of Doré's literary series, few enjoyed as great a success as his Commedia illustrations. Printed in multiple European languages, they became international best-sellers. Understandably, Hachette turned him down, and Doré had to cover the cost of producing of the first (1861) limited edition, with seventy-one plates! It was a success, and Hachette agreed to reprint the Inferno volume, followed in 1868 by a second volume containing both Purgatorio and Paradiso. By contrast, Doré’s project was ambitious and expensive: illustrating Dante’s Inferno, he sold a “sublime” folio volume for a hundred francs. In addition to travel guides for train passengers, these outlets sold novels by popular authors such as Charles Dickens or George Sand-alongside works from the children’s series La Bibliothèque rose-all for two or three francs. Soon, he approached Louis Hachette, the first publisher to contract with railway companies to create station bookstalls. At twenty-two, he entered the field of literary engravings. ![]() By the age of sixteen, Gustave Doré (1832-1883) was already the highest paid illustrator in France. ![]()
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