Painter and illustrator (1832-1883) known for his illustrated editions of books by Rabelais, Balzac, Dante, Milton, and others. ALS in French, signed “Gu. Dore,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, no date. Letter to French journalist and translator Louis Enault for a recent positive art review, in part (translated): "How you are likable and good! and how I thank you for the warm lines that you recently consecrated to my work…Yesterday evening…my family, my mother, my two brothers, my sister-in-law and several friends reread your beautiful review multiple times aloud…[The review] gave a beautiful and noble idea of the work and a more intense desire to know it." In very good to fine condition, with scattered light creasing, and the lower half of the signed page missing.

Format: ALS