DORÉ, Gustave, and MARY-LAFON, Jean-Bernard. The Adventures - Lot 170

DORÉ, Gustave, and MARY-LAFON, Jean-Bernard. The Adventures of Knight Jaufré and the Beautiful Brunissende. First edition of the 20 illustrations by Gustave Doré accompanying this Arthurian novel, adapted from Occitan by the leading linguist of the time on the subject. Paris, Librairie nouvelle, 1856. In-4, red half-shagreen, richly decorated ribbed spine, red grained percaline covers with embossed border decoration, gilt edges. XV and 139 pp., 20 plates with serpentine borders. Some scuffing on the binding, mainly on the head and foot caps; scattered foxing. First edition of the 20 woodcut illustrations by Gustave Doré. The translation and adaptation are by Jean-Bernard Mary-Lafon, based on the *Roman de Jaufré*, a tale from the Arthurian cycle written in Occitan in the late 12th or early 13th century. Ex-libris bearing the coat of arms of Count Godefroy de Montgrand on the back cover. A fine copy, in a contemporary binding.