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3 - ADELINE, Jules. La Bouille’s Journey by Sea and Land.
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Estimate €100 - €150
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ADELINE, Jules. La Bouille’s Journey by Sea and Land. A Historical Novel. Rouen, E. Augé, 1877. in-8 (22 x 15.5 cm), havana calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with panels (contemporary binding). viii-(3)-xi-49 pp. Binding scuffed. A luxurious and rare edition, printed on fine laid paper, of this satirical and humorous 18th-century French tale. An anonymous work first published in 1752. This edition is illustrated with separate etchings by Jules Adeline. A parody of the great travelogues and accounts of maritime exploration of the period. The narrator describes, with epic grandiloquence and comical seriousness, a journey that in reality turns out to be minuscule. The ‘journey’ consists simply of travelling down the Seine from Rouen to reach the small village of La Bouille, situated just twenty kilometres or so downstream. The choice of this village is no coincidence. La Bouille was the obligatory stopping point for travellers and goods moving between Rouen, the sea and the capital. The daily boat services there fostered a lively, folkloric atmosphere that lent itself wonderfully to literary caricature.
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Auction time 11/02/2026 at 2:00 PM
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