Artistic Journey of Pierre Loti

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Quella-Villéger (Alain) & Vercier (Bruno), Pierre Loti dessinateur: Une oeuvre au long cours, Bleu autour, Paris 2010. Illustrated hardcover binding, folio (30.8 x 24.8 cm), 290 richly illustrated pages. Bibliography. "The successful novelist Pierre Loti (1850-1923) overshadowed the draftsman. Under his real name Julien Viaud, he composed, during his youth as a naval officer, a remarkable graphic and ethnographic body of work, now gathered for the first time. Over five hundred drawings, accompanied by engravings and texts from the writer, form a unique travel diary around the world, exploring remote places such as Tierra del Fuego, Easter Island, Tahiti, Brazil, North America, Senegal, Maghreb, the Adriatic, Indochina, Japan, and even his native Brittany and Saintonge, not forgetting his beloved 'Stamboul'. From simple sketches to finished watercolors, the assured and inspired line reveals a wealth of portraits and events, surprises, fantasies, and visions. The world of one of the last romantics." Very fine copy. No shipping outside the European Union.