Celebrating Labor Heroes

Description

Gaston Tissandier's 'Les héros du travail', published by Maurice Dreyfous in Paris around 1890, features illustrations by Gilbert engraved by Tilly. The book consists of 312 pages in a small quarto format, beautifully bound in full percaline with gilt edges. It exhibits some foxing. The work showcases humble yet significant figures including great engineers, scientists, industrialists, merchants, painters, sculptors, musicians, writers, poets, philosophers, magistrates, jurists, navigators, sailors, prominent generals, politicians, heads of state, and sovereigns. A fine copy.