The authentic history of Captain Castagnette, nephew of the "Man with the wooden head" / from the French of Manuel ; Illustrated with forty-three pictures by Gustave Doré.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Quatrelles, 1826-1893, author.

Contributor:

• Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921, translator.
• Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883, illustrator.
• Beeton, Samuel Orchart, 1831-1877, publisher.
• Rudolph, Robert I., M.D., former owner.
• Dalziel Brothers, printer.
• Robert I. Rudolph Collection of Gustave Doré (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

• Histoire aussi intéressante qu'invraisemblable de l'intrépide Capitaine Castagnette, neveu de l'homme à la tête de bois. English

Language:

• English
• French

Subjects (All):

• Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Juvenile fiction.
• Soldiers--Juvenile fiction.
• Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Juvenile fiction.
• Tobacco in literature.
• Smoking in art.
• Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
• Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815).
• Soldiers.

Genre:

• Fiction.
• Juvenile works.
• Children's books -- England -- 1865.

Penn Provenance:

• Rudolph, Robert I., M.D. (donor) (Rudolph Doré Collection of Gustave Doré copy)

Physical Description:

68 pages, [1] leaf of color plates : illustrations ; 29 cm

Manufacture:

[London] : Dalziel Brothers ...

Other Title:

• Captain Castagnette
• Captain Castagnette : his surprising, almost incredible adventures

Place of Publication:

London : S.O. Beeton ... [1866]

Notes:

• Added color-illustrated title leaf.
• Translated by Austin Dobson.

Local Notes:

Rudolph Doré Collection copy has dated 19th-century manuscript gift inscription ("Georgie from Nelson Nov 29. 1866") on blank leaf following front free endpaper.

Cited in:

Leblanc, H. Catalogue de l’œuvre complet de Gustave Doré, page 220

Other Format:

Online version: Quatrelles, 1826-1893. Authentic history of Captain Castagnette.

OCLC:

11265081