tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post7648839029205864732..comments2024-03-13T16:33:53.563+00:00Comments on <b>Dr Tony Shaw</b><br>: Victor Billaud and Royan, Charente-Maritime (17), FranceDr Tony Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-30248866562833722982011-08-15T19:52:55.012+01:002011-08-15T19:52:55.012+01:00I must admit that Barthélemy Gautier looks very in...<b>I must admit that Barthélemy Gautier looks very interesting though. This from Wikipédia:<br /><br />http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barth%C3%A9lemy_Gautier<br /><br />And this from <i>Sud Ouest</i> about a Barthélemy Gautier evening in Pons a few months ago (May 2011):<br /><br />http://www.sudouest.fr/2011/05/06/une-soiree-avec-bart-390782-1491.php<br /><br />There you go. I was regretting not visiting Pons after I found myself driving into it by mistake and later discovering that <i>La tête en friche</i> took place there, but now I find Barthélemy Gautier (1846-93) (hitherto unknown to me, I know) was born in and spent most of his life there. Merde.</b>Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-11517557172930058112011-08-15T18:55:15.547+01:002011-08-15T18:55:15.547+01:00(Just noticed an unfortunate error of abbreviation...<b>(Just noticed an unfortunate error of abbreviation in the previous post, so I've deleted and re-posted with correction.)<br /><br />Two interesting books there, Christine, and in Saintongeais too.<br /><br />The Bibliothèque nationale de France has this record for the first:<br /><br />Gautier, Barthélemy / Au pays des bounes champagnes / Royan / Victor Billaud / 1887<br /><br />Bookfinder only lists one of these, so out of 150 million books that's a rare copy, and is priced at £54.<br /><br />The BNF's record of the other:<br /><br />Gautier, Barthélemy / Chez la Guenuche / Royan / Victor Billaud / 1889 <br /><br />Bookfinder lists two copies of this, priced between about £130 and £150.<br /><br />But that doesn't at all mean that either book is worth that - a book is only worth as much as it sells for, and the sellers are obviously just guessing about what they imagine they can make. Good luck if you try to sell, although unless you have a market for them, I'm afraid that I doubt that it's worth the effort.</b>Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-69642827142082702062011-08-15T11:29:07.018+01:002011-08-15T11:29:07.018+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-44643994856983064652011-08-14T20:50:28.066+01:002011-08-14T20:50:28.066+01:00Hello,
I came across your blog while conducting so...Hello,<br />I came across your blog while conducting some research on 2 publications I have from V.Billaud. <br />Au Pays des Bounes Champagnes consists of 52 drawings by Gautier. The other, Chez La Guenuche, also by Gautier, consists of 52 as well. I have been unable to locate a date on these publications. If possible, please provide the approximate date and value, if any.<br />Thank You,<br />ChristineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com