Le Diable a Paris. Paris et les Parisiens. Two Volumes in Four
by Gavarni
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- first
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Kennebunkport, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Gordon Ray in The Art of the French Illustrated Book describes this title as „something of a potpourri". The texts are by well-known writers including Balzac, Gauthier, Musset, George Sand, and the publisher, Hetzel. Although there are historical, geographical and statistical details about the city of Paris, the bulk of the text is made up of stories and dialogues with Parisian subjects. The illustrations are wood engravings. Ray states the "most impressive are the 208 ...after Gavarni." Sulpice-Guillaume Chevallier, known as Gavarni, also worked in lithography. In either medium his psychological portraits were telling. Ray especially praises his wood engravings for this title, however, noting that they were superior to much of his other work and all new conceptions (not versions of his lithos). Hetzel imposed unity on the texts and images by presenting them as documents bearing on the Devil's visitation of Paris. This is the culmination of the Romantic tradition of diablerie and the last of the big books of collaboration. Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book, #236.
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- Bookseller
- Priscilla Juvelis (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8462
- Title
- Le Diable a Paris. Paris et les Parisiens. Two Volumes in Four
- Author
- Gavarni
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. Hetzel
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1846
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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