DORÉ (Gustave). Lot n° 27

Corrida de toros. Paris and New York, Turgis and Duane, [ca 1860]. This series of 6 COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS (395 x 555mm) is presented in antique brown beechwood frames with darker borders. 460 x 355 mm. Some pitting and dirt but good condition. First rare edition of the complete suite of the six original colour lithographs of Gustave Doré with a caption in Spanish and French : 1)- Caida del Picador. - Fall of a Picador. 2)- Suerte de Banderillas. Banderillero piquant la Banderilla. 3)- Suerte de Capa. Banderillero exciting the bull. 4)- Cogida de un Torero. Torero kidnapped by the bull. 5)- Suerte de Pica. Lance's blow. 6)- Estocada. Sword blow. Leblanc (p. 521) who did not see it, quotes it from Dezé (p.10) - Vindel (Estampas de toros, 1931) n°26, pl. 167 to 172. - El siglo de oro de la Tauromaquia (1989) p. 168, no. 176. - Sale Knitter (1999) n° 162. Pertus, 174.Ex-Libris René Cluzel, engraved by François Righi.