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Hugo, Victor. - The Legend of the Centuries.
See original version (French)
256
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Hugo, Victor. - The Legend of the Centuries.
See original version (French)
Estimate €250 - €350
Voluntary lot
Description
Hugo, Victor. - The Legend of the Centuries. 1st series. History - Les Petites épopées. Forbidden edition for France. Brussels, Éditions Hetzel - Méline, Cans et Cie, 1859. Brussels, Typography of V.J. Van Buggenhoudt. 2 volumes in-8 bound in havana half calf, spine ribbed, author, title and tomaison gilt - headbands bumped, beginning of split at second spine of volume 1 - xx pp. (fx-title, title, dedication "A la France", subtitle, author's presentation, blc n. ch.), 272 pp. (text and table) ; [2 ff, fx-title, title], 270 pp. (text and table), [1 blank f.], [20 pp. catalogue Hetzel then Cans]. Genuine first edition (cf. Talvart and Michaux) of the first printing, with the missing line "et puisse l'empereur vivre longues années" (T 2 p. 9 vers 16). Good condition inside.
See original version (French)
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Ref. : E0282 - 6
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