Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The streets were like snakes: '[...] strange birds were in the trees ; the streets of Lons-le-Saulnier became serpents.'
Third part, Book I, chapter I.
Illustrator: François-Nicolas Chifflart. Engraver: Auguste Trichon, Raymond Quinsac Monvoisin.
Illustration from a set of nearly 150 woodcuts published in the Volume XI of Victor Hugo's 'Oeuvres Complètes' including 'Les Travailleurs de la Mer' ('Toilers of the Sea') - written in 1866.
Book published in 1906 by the Société d'éditions Littéraires et Artistiques, Librairie Paul Ollendorff.
Date
1906
Credit line
Photo12/Pierre Pitrou
Reference
PTR22A00_139
License type
Rights managed
Available size
171,7Mb (11,5Mb) / 24,2in x 27,6in / 7257 x 8268 (300dpi)