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Re: Hetzel: material in English?

From: N Wolcott <nwolcott~at~dsdial.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:53:15 -0400
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

And I seem to recall that most books in France until quite recently were issued in loose sheets, the purchaser would then have them bound to his satisfaction for his library. Thus beautiful cartonnage was irrelevant to the marketing of the works.

Norm Wolcott nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu
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  Mame, a catholic editor of Tours, published before Hetzel books very well illustrated and with very beautiful romantic cartonnages. The problem is that most of the production of this editor had constituted of edifying stories (in French we said "bondieuseries"; is "religious trinkets" a good translation?) without much interest currently. In particular little (no?) of the famous French novelists of this time were published by Mame. Hetzel, which was laic and atheistic, created the Magasin of Education and Recreation and then published the books of Jules Verne not to leave to the catholic editors (especially Mame) the monopoly of the education of youth.
  Best regards,
  Jean-Pierre

  Le mercredi, 19 oct 2005, à 23:57 Europe/Paris, MTSaler~at~aol.com a écrit :


    Does anyone know if there are accounts in English of Hetzel? I'm always astounded by the quality of the popular editions he published, and wonder if they were exceptions, or if other French publishers offered similarly lavishly illustrated and constructed books to the general public. (His Verne editions are far more elaborate than even the most decorated editions published in England and America, including the Scribner "Subscription" edition of _Journey to the Centre of the Earth_; and I've just seen the magificent polychrome cover for his edition of Andre Laurie's _Les Exiles des Terres_; I guess it amazes me that this and the Verne editions were "mass-market" books, albeit at the higher end of the market.)
     
    Thanks,
    Mike
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