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Aug. 30, 2017
Gery Bichard (1841-1914) 31 Etchings
Est: $600 - $800
[BOOK] Adolphe-Alphonse-Gery Bichard (sometimes said Adolphe Bichard) (1841-1914) French painter and engraver. Offered here is a book containing 28 original etchings by Gery-Bichard plus 3 double page etchings [middle fold] making it a total of 31 etchings. The 28 etchings are actually 14 images; 14 in black and 14 in light brown [bistre] ink. These are contained on a 1892 edition book Victor Hugo's Works, this being THE TOILERS OF THE SEA, Vol. III. EDITION DE BIBLIOPHILE, LIMITED TO 250 copies on Japanese vellum. Toilers of the Sea (French: Les Travailleurs de la mer) is a novel by Victor Hugo published in 1866. The book is dedicated to the island of Guernsey, where Hugo spent 15 years in exile. Hugo uses the setting of a small island community to transmute seemingly mundane events into drama of the highest calibre. Les Travailleurs de la Mer is set just after the Napoleonic Wars and deals with the impact of the Industrial Revolution upon the island. The story concerns a Guernseyman named Gilliatt, a social outcast who falls in love with Deruchette, the niece of a local shipowner, Mess Lethierry. When Lethierry's ship is wrecked on the Roches Douvres, a perilous reef, Deruchette promises to marry whoever can salvage the ship's steam engine. Gilliatt eagerly volunteers, and the story follows his physical trials and tribulations (which include a battle with an octopus), as well as the undeserved opprobrium of his neighbours. Condition: blue cloth covers are very good; was not issued in dust jacket; 223 pages, 5-3/4 x 9 in. All of the etchings are in VERY FINE condition..
East Coast Books
Jun. 26, 2017
Gery Bichard (1841-1914) 31 Etchings
Est: $600 - $800
[BOOK] Adolphe-Alphonse-Gery Bichard (sometimes said Adolphe Bichard) (1841-1914) French painter and engraver. Offered here is a book containing 28 original etchings by Gery-Bichard plus 3 double page etchings [middle fold] making it a total of 31 etchings. The 28 etchings are actually 14 images; 14 in black and 14 in light brown [bistre] ink. These are contained on a 1892 edition book Victor Hugo's Works, this being THE TOILERS OF THE SEA, Vol. III. EDITION DE BIBLIOPHILE, LIMITED TO 250 copies on Japanese vellum. Toilers of the Sea (French: Les Travailleurs de la mer) is a novel by Victor Hugo published in 1866. The book is dedicated to the island of Guernsey, where Hugo spent 15 years in exile. Hugo uses the setting of a small island community to transmute seemingly mundane events into drama of the highest calibre. Les Travailleurs de la Mer is set just after the Napoleonic Wars and deals with the impact of the Industrial Revolution upon the island. The story concerns a Guernseyman named Gilliatt, a social outcast who falls in love with Deruchette, the niece of a local shipowner, Mess Lethierry. When Lethierry's ship is wrecked on the Roches Douvres, a perilous reef, Deruchette promises to marry whoever can salvage the ship's steam engine. Gilliatt eagerly volunteers, and the story follows his physical trials and tribulations (which include a battle with an octopus), as well as the undeserved opprobrium of his neighbours. Condition: blue cloth covers are very good; was not issued in dust jacket; 223 pages, 5-3/4 x 9 in. All of the etchings are in VERY FINE condition..
East Coast Books

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