author
Henry Vizetelly
1820–1894
A lively figure in Victorian publishing, he helped shape the illustrated press and brought continental writing and culture to English readers. His career mixed journalism, entrepreneurship, and a taste for controversy.
4 Audiobooks
Four Months Among the Gold-Finders in Alta California Being the Diary of an Expedition From San Francisco to the Gold Districts
by Henry Vizetelly
Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines
by Henry Vizetelly
A History of Champagne, with Notes on the Other Sparkling Wines of France
by Henry Vizetelly
About the author
Born in London on July 30, 1820, Henry Vizetelly came from a family deeply involved in printing and publishing. He trained early as a wood engraver, then moved into journalism and publishing, becoming one of the energetic figures behind the rise of illustrated news in Victorian Britain.
He helped launch the Pictorial Times and Illustrated Times, and later worked as a correspondent in Paris and Berlin for The Illustrated London News. Alongside his reporting, he wrote books drawn from his experiences abroad, including works on France and the wine trade, showing a strong interest in European life and culture.
In his later years he ran Vizetelly & Company in London, a publishing house remembered especially for issuing English translations of French realist and naturalist writers. That work made him an important, if controversial, literary middleman in the 1880s. He died on January 1, 1894.