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Dore's Illustrations for "Paradise Lost"

Name: Dore's Illustrations for "Paradise Lost"
Author: Gustave Dore
ISBN: 9780486277196

by Gustave Dore, John Milton

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Overview

This volume presents superb royalty-free reproductions of all 50 plates Doré created for a 19th-century edition of "Paradise Lost." Among the events depicted: the expulsion of Satan from Heaven, Adam and Eve in Paradise, the nine-day fall of Lucifer's legions to Hell, the Creation, the temptation of Eve, and the Flood.

Synopsis

All 50 of Doré's powerful illustrations for Milton's epic poem, recounting mankind's fall from the grace of God through the work of Satan. Appropriate quotes from the text are printed with each illustration.