Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The birds'-nesters: 'They were what are called, in the corrupt French of that part, 'déniquoiseaux', or 'birds'-nesters'.'
First part, Book V, chapter V.
Illustrator: Daniel Vierge.
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_088
License type
Rights managed
Available size
168,7Mb (14,7Mb) / 23,8in x 27,6in / 7132 x 8268 (300dpi)