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citadelles & mazenod - x 24 cm - 600 pageshugo sought neither historical accuracy much less thoroughnessour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe poems, sometimes lyrical, sometimes epic or satirical, form a continuation of the human adventure, seeking not to summarise but to illustrate the history of the human race, to bear witness, in the original sense of the term, to its long journey from darkness to lightles petites epopées, published in , is the first series of this monumental workare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe reader is thus invited to rediscover these poems in the context of works ranging from the middle ages to the present dayla légende des siècles is a compilation of poems by victor hugo, conceived as a huge collection intended to depict the history and evolution of humanityblack cloth binding,with gilded titles, in a publisher’s slipcase with a mounted illustrated sticker and gilded titlesin these nine thousand verses, the poet contemplates the wall of the centuries, vague and terrible, on which all the scenes of the past, present and future are drawn and interwoven, and where the long procession of humanity unfoldsthe present illustrated edition, entrusted to pierre georgel, an eminent hugo specialist, who deliberately chose eclecticism in order to best bring the images to life with these powerfully evocative versesedition of numbered copieson the contrary, he was more inclined to focus on obscure figures, most often made up, but which embodied and symbolised their era and centurycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Technical features of the book l'histoire de paris par la peinture: publisher:\tcitadelles et mazenod authors:\tgeorges duby, guy lobrichon, daniel russo, guillaume de bertier de sauvigny, geneviève brunel, pierre vaisse, paul-louis rinuy publication date:\t number of pages:\t495 size:\t30 x 45 cm cover:\tpaperbackthey represent, in their vivacity, the ups and downs of an event, the successive scenes - brutal or pompous - the political dramas and the happy or tragic times that the capital has seenour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetogether, they make up the history of a certain western culture, a french way of lifeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetheir works give much more than a historical or architectural memoryweight:\tg interior:\tquadri the book is in excellent condition as is the dust jacket with the exception of a small, inconsequential tear on the back of the slipcasel'histoire de paris par la peinture (grand format 45 x 30 cm) georges duby, guy lobrichon, daniel russo, guillaume de bertier de sauvigny, geneviève brunel, pierre vaisse, paul-louis rinuy this exceptional book is akin to the quite remarkable “citadels & mazenod” collection fascinating and no longer sold in storesyou can see it in the photo on the top leftthis histoire de paris par la peinture is a genuine historical document painted by the greatest artists from france and abroad: anonymous painters of illuminations and the first wood panels, minor landscape masters but also renowned bards of the glory of the monarchy, like pierre-denis martin, oudry, lallemand, hubert robert, david, impressionist artists like monet, manet, sisley, renoir, or realists like toulouse-lautrec, utrillo, sargent, picasso, until the 20th century robert delaunay, henri matisse, balthuscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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