Title
Illustration of "Toilers of the Sea", by Victor Hugo
Caption
The octopus: 'It is difficult for those who have not seen it to believe in the existence of the devil-fish.'
Second part, Book IV, chapter II.
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_132
License type
Rights managed
Available size
177,8Mb (12,5Mb) / 27,6in x 25,1in / 8268 x 7515 (300dpi)