About the Cover Illustration
The figure on the cover of SharePoiont 2010 Web Parts in Action is called “The Gentleman.” The illustration is taken from a French travel book, Encyclopédie des Voyages by J. G. St. Saveur, published almost 200 years ago. Travel for pleasure was a relatively new phenomenon at the time and travel guides such as this one were popular, introducing both the tourist as well as the armchair traveler to the inhabitants of other regions of the world, as well as to the regional costumes and uniforms of French soldiers, civil servants, tradesmen, merchants, and peasants.
The diversity of the drawings in the Encyclopédie des Voyages speaks vividly of the uniqueness and individuality of the world’s towns and provinces just ...
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