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Victorian-era children’s novel with charming illustrations
Original title : Hetzel Les mésaventures de Jean-Paul Choppart Hetzel
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- 1865
- 332 p.
- Publisher’s binding
- Engravings
48€
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About this book
Louis Desnoyers’ Les mésaventures de Jean-Paul Choppart, published by J. Hetzel around 1865. Octavo format (catalogue AQ), 332 pages, featuring a handsome publisher’s binding with gilt edges, rubbed corners and headbands, slightly wrinkled spine, and numerous in-text wood engravings by Giacomelli. Preface by J. Hetzel. Described as one of the most interesting children’s books of its time.
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At a glance
- Date
- 1865
- Pagination
- 332 p.
- Binding
- Publisher’s binding
- Illustrations
- Engravings
Condition of this copy, as described by the bookseller
- rubbed corners and headbands
Bookseller’s description
Louis Desnoyers’ Les mésaventures de Jean-Paul Choppart, published by J. Hetzel around 1865. Octavo format (catalogue AQ), 332 pages, featuring a handsome publisher’s binding with gilt edges, rubbed corners and headbands, slightly wrinkled spine, and numerous in-text wood engravings by Giacomelli. Preface by J. Hetzel. Described as one of the most interesting children’s books of its time.
The bookseller’s original description (in French)
DESNOYERS (Louis)
Les mésaventures de Jean-Paul Choppart
Paris, J. Hetzel, sans date (1865) catalogue AQ in fine, IV, 332 pp., joli cartonnage, tranches dorées, frotté en coins et en coiffes, dos légèrement ridé, illustré par GIACOMELLI de nombreux bois gravés dans le texte. préface de J. Hetzel.
"Un des livres d'enfants les plus intéressants de cette époque". (Carteret, III, p. 202)
Bien agréable cartonnage
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