Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The King of the Auxcriniers: 'Only the most ignorant are unaware of the fact that the greatest danger of the coasts of the Channel Islands if the King of the Auxcriniers. No inhabitant of the seas is more redoutable.'
First part, Book I, chapter IV.
Illustrator: Victor Hugo.
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_064
License type
Rights managed
Available size
202,4Mb (19,1Mb) / 31,5in x 25,0in / 9449 x 7487 (300dpi)