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203 - HUGO (Victor). Travels. The Rhine. Drawings by Victor Hugo.
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HUGO (Victor). Travels. The Rhine. Drawings by Victor Hugo. One of the earliest publications of Victor Hugo’s drawings, showcased in this fine collection of four travelogues. [Paris, Eugène Hugues], n.d. [1890 according to Vicaire, vol. IV, 300]. A quarto volume (280x190 mm), in brown half-basane and percaline with blind-stamped edges, ribbed spine decorated with gilt titles. Spine sun-faded, a few foxing spots. A collection of four travel accounts bound together, comprising the following: -On a Journey. The Rhine. Drawings by Victor Hugo. 288 pp. [Eugène Hugues, 1890]. -On a Journey. The Alps and the Pyrenees. 116 pp., 1 folio of notes, 1 folio of tables and illustrations. [Paris, Librairie du Victor Hugo illustré], undated (1894). -On a Journey. France and Belgium. 104 pp. [Paris, Librairie du Victor Hugo illustré], undated (1895). -The Channel Archipelago. 51 pp. (LI). [Paris, 1883]. The volume is adorned with numerous black-and-white illustrations within the text and full-page illustrations, printed in two columns. Fine periodical editions of Victor Hugo’s travelogues, illustrated with some 44 drawings by the author and collected in a single volume (also illustrated by: J. Adeline, A. Brun, L. Mouchot, G. Gelibert, F. Méaulle and H. Vogel). [VICAIRE, IV, pp. 410–411]. Unnumbered proof copy. During his travels with his mistress Juliette Drouet from 1834 onwards, Victor Hugo produced numerous drawings and sketches as mementoes, bearing witness both to his great talent as a visual artist and to his sensitive, sometimes fantastical or sombre, vision of his life and his era. The final story in the series, entitled ‘L’Archipel de la Manche’, would serve as a preliminary chapter to the novel ‘Les Travailleurs de la mer’ in later editions. In it, he describes the bucolic charm of the Channel Islands and the hospitality and generosity of their inhabitants, whilst also criticising their superstitions and archaic customs. Rare.
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