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FARRERE, Claude, & Charles FouquerayBiblio.com

Escales d'Asie.

1947réf. 163564Paris: Laborey 1947. Vivacious watercolour impressions of Saudi Arabia First and limited edition number 148 of 450 copies. Escales d'Asie describes a sailing voyage round the coast of Arabia: beginning at Suez taking the Red Sea to Aden then Muscat and the Persian Gulf to Basra. Fouqueray's watercolours - in which he employs a broad and subtle palette - are impressionistic but with a fine eye for detail. Author and artist started their expedition at Al Wajh on the Red Sea coast which Fouqueray "found to be a thriving trading port: long caravans arriving from the desert sands; dhows laden with goods of every description from Egypt Ethiopia Djibouti Yemen the Sultanate of Zanzibar and the rest of East Africa were tied up on the inlet" Billecocq p. 62. Next stop was Yanbu al-Bahr the port serving Medina before they moved on to their last port of call Jeddah - through which pilgrims pass to Mecca. Billecocq notes that "prior to the end of the First World War French artists had produced no major work depicting the country that was to become Saudi Arabia. But 1917 saw the appearance of Charles Fouqueray who was to become one of the most eminent official French artists an undisputed master of the Orientalist movement of the beginning of the century. He was in fact the very first to do what had never been attempted before". Dominique Charles Fouqueray 1869-1956 studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and specialized in marine painting becoming in 1908 Peintre de la Marine Painter to the Fleet an official title awarded by the French government entitling the holder to embark on French navy vessels. In 1914 he was the first recipient of the Prix de l'Indochine. Claude Farrère 1876-1957 was a prolific author of novels with an exotic setting. In 1905 he won the Prix Goncourt for Les civilisés The Civilized set in French Indochina. The preface is by the French naval officer Auguste Thomazi 1873-1959 who wrote a number of naval histories. Farrère and Fouqueray had previously collaborated on Jonques et sampans 1945 about their journey to China. Fouqueray's watercolour sketches for the present work date from between 1918 and 1922. Quarto. Vignette title page printed in green and black 45 colour illustrations some full-page one double page by Fouqueray coloured map. Loose as issued in original cream-coloured pictorial wrappers with the original glassine and marbled solander box pale green label to lid. Box professionally refurbished slight bump at head of a few leaves. An excellent copy. Xavier Beguin Billecocq Impressions and Colours: Charles Fouqueray a French Painter in Saudi Arabia 1998. unknown

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni1 500,00 £GB≈ 1 791,52 €

FARRERE, Claude, & Charles FouquerayBiblio.com

Missions et Croisières: Mer Rouge Mer de Chine Océan Indien.

1944réf. 176580Paris: André Barry 1944. This Arabia. it fascinates me! La ilah illa Allah! - I am now a believer! First edition number 1 of 10 copies not intended for public sale of this travelogue in the Middle East Asia and North Africa lavishly illustrated after watercolour drawings by Charles Fouqueray and extra-illustrated with eight original watercolours. A prolific novelist Farrère 1876-1957 drew inspiration from numerous travels during his years in the navy in the early decades of the 20th century. Recounted with enthusiasm and deep fascination the first section about the Red Sea shows marine and street views of Suez Port Said and Mount Sinai in Egypt Aqaba in Trans-Jordan and El Wadi in Yemen with portraits of local inhabitants and everyday life. Farrère observes: "Mecca the holy city has no equal in the great fervour of the crowds it attracts. Travelling along the Red Sea I have never passed by Jeddah the port of Mecca without being taken by a deep emotion which makes me want to say a prayer." The second section on the China Sea which he reached circumnavigating the Arabian peninsula has views of the Songhua river in China and Ninh-Binh Hue Hanoi and Haiphong in present day's Vietnam. Farrère describes Fouqueray's drawings as "prudent copies for European eyes lest the fantastic views leave people in disbelief". The last section on the Indian Ocean covers Malaya Malabar Ceylon and the Indian subcontinent. The manuscript correspondence comprises letters about the book sent by Farrère to Fouqueray including a request to write the preface his conversations with the editor about print-run and price and a mention of drawings which Farrère himself had produced in Jeddah. Together 10 items: quarto volume with 8 original watercolours signed by Fouqeray 19 full-page and 30 in-text colour illustrations from his watercolours dated c.1918-1924; 6 manuscript letters approx. 210 x 130 mm from Farrère to Fouqueray ink on paper and 2 typed letters tipped in or mounted on stubs; gelatin silver print photograph 240 x 180 mm of author in his study. Original blue mottled vellum by E. Leonard gilt-lettered spine top edge gilt others red. Corners minimally bumped contents of book and manuscripts clean: fine exemplars. Original blue mottled vellum by E. Leonard gilt-lettered spine top edge gilt others red. Corners minimally bumped contents clean: a fine copy. hardcover

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni5 500,00 £GB≈ 6 568,89 €

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