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Hugo, Victor
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- Hugo, Victor
- Notre-Dame de Paris... seconde edition [but see footnote]. Paris: Charles Gosselin, 1831
- Paper
2 volumes, 8vo (220 x 135mm.), ORIGINAL EDITION (see footnote), half-titles, wood-engraved vignettes on titles, original yellow printed wrappers, uncut, housed in 2 modern morocco-backed folding boxes
Literature
Carteret I, pp.400-402 (note); Vicaire IV, pp.256-257 (note)
Catalogue Note
A GOOD COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF THE ORIGNAL EDITION OF The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
The first edition was published in 1100 copies, which appeared in 1831, in four so-called editions (of which this is the second). However, as explained in the Journal des Débats for 10 May 1831, the division into four editions was in order to make it appear that the book was a success, and it is considered that all four "editions" (of approximately 300 copies each) belong to the original edition. The format of all is almost identical, but here the author's name is given, the edition is stated and the cover bears the date Avril 1831 (rather than Mars 1831 for the "first edition").