Illustrations for The War of the Worlds

Corrêa, Henrique Alvim. Illustrations. L'arrivée des marsiens (sic on spelling; The Arrival of the Martians / War of the Worlds). 1906. Also possible: La guerre des mondes. Traduit de l'anglais par Henry-D. Davray. édition illustreé par Alvim-Corrêa. Brussels, Belgium, 1906.[1] Reprint The War of the Worlds (Illustrated by Henrique Alvim Correa). Hard-cover and paperback, 150 pages. "Digireads.com; Illustrated edition (January 5, 2016)."[2]

Although this translation into French of H. W. Wells's The War of the Worlds may be little-known among readers — only 500 copies were printed — the illustrations were appreciated by Wells, and are available to be examined, and in some cases reproductions purchased,[3] in a number of places on the web. And a reprint is now advertised.

For Wells's appreciation, a number of images, and a description of the Martian "extraterrestrial tripods (looking like a cross between octopuses and water towers," with an octopus's large eyes, see in The Public Domain REVIEW, "Henrique Alvim Corrêa’s Illustrations for The War of the Worlds (1906)"[[4]] Cf. and strongly contrast the fusion of biological and mechanical in H. R. Giger's biomechanical images.

Elsewhere:

"Horrifying 1906 Illustrations of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds: Discover the Art of Henrique Alvim Corrêa"[5]

Old Book Illustrations, "Arrival of the Martians," with links[6]

"The War of the Worlds illustrated by Henrique Alvim-Corrêa"[7] Source for La guerre des mondes citation above.

RDE, with thanks to J. J. Pierce, 22May20