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[TRAVELS - EXPLORATIONS - REVIEW XIX] Under the direction of Edouard Charton 1807-1890 Edouard Charton Journalist, politician, lawyer, historian Édouard Charton, born in Sens on May 11, 1807 and died in Versailles on February 27, 1890, was a journalist, director of publications, and French politician. Biography Received as a lawyer, Édouard Thomas Charton joined the Paris bar in 1827, but did not practice the profession. for which he seems to have had a real aversion and continues to collaborate, as in the days of his studies in the bulletins of two companies, the Society for Elementary Instruction and the Christian Moral Society . It was within these philanthropic societies that he understood the importance of education, discover The problems of society and acquires convictions that he will keep all his life. In 1829, he joined the ranks of the Saint-Simonians and, after a stint in the editorial staff of the newspaper on World, became, in 1830, the Journal of Saint-Simon's Doctrine , under the direction of Michel Chevalier, he traveled through Brittany and the Vendée to preach Saint-Simonian ideas. During the schism of 1831 which saw the departure of the Republican Saint-Simonians, he broke, like his friends Hippolyte Carnot and Jean Reynaud, with Prosper Enfantin. He began in 1833 with the Picturesque store , an illustrated weekly launched by the Saint-Simonian printer Lachevardière on the model of Penny Magazine British, a fruitful career as a publishing director. Tireless director of this first popular illustrated magazine until 1888, he succeeded in mobilizing, for the cause of education and “useful entertainment”, not only his Saint-Simonian friends but also renowned scholars and writers. For more than fifty years, the articles were not signed, but we know, for example, that George Sand contributed to them or that Camille Flammarion made her debut as a populariser in 1864, at the age of 22. convinced that the 'drawing is essential for understanding and approval, it is at the origin of the revival of wood engraving in France and fostered the early careers of several renowned illustrators. Édouard Charton is at the origin in 1843 with Joanne, Paulin and Dubochet of the launch of Illustration , another successful weekly, of which he quickly left the management. When Louis Philippe fell in February 1848, he was called to the general secretariat of the Ministry of Public Instruction by his friend Hippolyte Carnot, Minister of the Provisional Government. Member of Parliament for Yonne then Councilor of State, he protested against the coup of December 2, 1851 before resigning of his functions. His attitude on the occasion of these events is reported by Victor Hugo in story of a crime . Under the Second Empire, Charton ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the democratic opposition in his native city, in 1857 and 1863. After having published, from 1853 to 1855, the four volumes of the History of ancient and modern travelers , he published in 1859, with Henri Bordier, a History of France illustrated, hailed in glowing terms for the choice of its illustrations in the bulletin of the library of the School of charters. Interested in the stories of contemporary travellers, he launched, in 1860, the magazine Around the world which marks his debut at Hachette. This successful journal was followed by the launch in 1864 of the Library of Wonders , collection of small popular works. Here too, Charton knows how to convince to ensure the competition of the best specialists. Settled in Versailles in 1863, he founded a popular library there in 1864. He became a corresponding member of the Institut de France in 1867. The fall of the Empire marked his return to politics. On September 6, 1870, he was appointed prefect of Seine-et-Oise by the national defense government. Elected Republican of Yonne in February 1871, he sat in the National Assembly. From 1876, he represented without interruption, until his death in 1890, his original department in the Senate. His interventions in the assemblies are all marked by concern for advancement of the people through education and instruction . He stresses the importance of artistic education and defends the idea of a cultural policy. He participated in the creation of the Trocadéro ethnography museum, ancestor of the Musée de l'Homme. He was elected in 1876 to the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in the place left vacant. by the death of Auguste Casimir-Perier. Around the world Le Tour du Monde, a new travel journal is a French weekly published from January 1860. He also bore the name of Le Tour du monde, journal of travels and travelers (1895-1914). Story Le Tour du Monde was created in January 1860 by Édouard Charton, designer of the Picturesque store , and under the aegis of the Librairie Hachette: every six months, the weekly fascicles, sold through the network of railway stations, were brought together in a volume, which was offered, in this form, in bookstores. A second series was inaugurated in 1895 under the title Le Tour du monde, a much more modern journal of travel and travelers, it reproduces photographic images. It is a weekly that targets a popular readership and devotes its content to travel and exploration. He described in detail most of the great expeditions that marked the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the last great period of exploration of the globe by Western travelers. About fifty years which cover a period going from the discovery of the sources of the Nile, at the beginning of the 1860s, conquering the South Pole, late 1911. Le Tour du monde mixes texts and illustrations, at the beginning of woodcuts, which were gradually replaced by reproductions of photographs at the end of the 19th century. After July 1914, it ceased to appear. - This remarkable review marked the imagination of several generations, in particular thanks to the innumerable and admirable wood engravings by the best artists of the time Here we find the big names in illustration: RIOU, GRANDSIRE, LANCELOT, MORIN, DE BAR, MOYNET, DAUBIGNY, BAYARD, DE NEUVILLE, YAN'D'ARGENT, DE BERARD &CC... (illustrators who will often be found elsewhere in the illustrated volumes by Jules Verne from Hetzel editions) Without forgetting of course the great Gustave DORE which will beautifully illustrate the text of Charles DAVILLIER Trip to Spain , whose publication in the journal will cover a period of more than 10 years (from 1862 to 1873) Also embellished with some maps or plans in the text - We sell here ( volume by volume ) the collectible head (the first 14 years) of this important journal For the record, there was no publication during the year 1871 (wartime interruption), so no corresponding volume Each volume sold here contains the full year (the two semesters combined in 1 single volume) Around the world New Travel Diary under the direction of Mr. Edouard Charton and illustrated by the most famous artists (3rd year) V-VI 1862 Well complete of the two semesters bound in a single volume 1 strong volume In-4, (32x24.5cm) Text in two columns , 427 and 426pp. Tables of engravings and contents at the end of each semester Paris, Hachette Bookstore, 1862 Original edition First Printing 1/2 period binding, solid and clean, spine 5 raised bands, green leather (shagreen), nets and golden title on the back, "AP" monogram on the tail (Very good binding, solid and clean, light marks, wear or various frictions on flats, caps, nerves, edges and corners, minimal miscellaneous paper losses on corners and edges, nice general appearance , block of work standing perfectly ) see visuals... Very good interior condition, very clean and healthy with very very few freckles or faint, very sparse usual interior light spots - Rare and very good copy As always, combined shipping costs in the event of the purchase of several books... (in several packages if purchase of all volumes) - In 1829, he joined the ranks of the Saint-Simonians and, after a stint in the editorial staff of the newspaper on World, became, in 1830, the Journal of Saint-Simon's Doctrine, under the direction of Michel Chevalier, he traveled through Brittany and the Vendée to preach Saint-Simonian ideas. During the schism of 1831 which saw the departure of the Republican Saint-Simonians, he broke, like his friends Hippolyte Carnot and Jean Reynaud, with Prosper Enfantin. He began in 1833 with the Picturesque store, an illustrated weekly launched by the Saint-Simonian printer Lachevardière on the model of Penny Magazine British, a fruitful career as a publishing director. Tireless director of this first popular illustrated magazine until 1888, he succeeded in mobilizing, for the cause of education and In 1829, he joined the ranks of the Saint-Simonians and, after a stint in the editorial staff of the newspaper on World, became, in 1830, the Journal of Saint-Simon's Doctrine, under the direction of Michel Chevalier, he traveled through Brittany and the Vendée to preach Saint-Simonian ideas. During the schism of 1831 which saw the departure of the Republican Saint-Simonians, he broke, like his friends Hippolyte Carnot and Jean Reynaud, with Prosper Enfantin. He began in 1833 with the Picturesque store, an illustrated weekly launched by the Saint-Simonian printer Lachevardière on the model of Penny Magazine British, a fruitful career as a publishing director. Tireless director of this first popular illustrated magazine until 1888, he succeeded in mobilizing, for the cause of education and