The Novels of Victor Hugo -
Victor Hugo
1888-99 - Little, Boston - Library Editions
A finely bound 14 volume set of the novels of Victor Hugo comprising (by year first published):- Hans of Iceland; Bug-Jargal - with - Claude Gueux - and - The Last Day of a Condemned; Notre-Dame de Paris (two volumes); Les Misérables (five volumes); The Toilers of the Sea (two volumes); The Man Who Laughs (two volumes); and Ninety-Three.
Twenty four full page engravings by A. Demarest, George Roux, Jules Adeline, P. Kaufmann, Jules Lefebvre, Falero, G. Jeanniot, V. Gilbert, Ernest Duez, Cliché Walery, Émile Vernier, Henri Pille, and Adrien Marie. Each with descriptive tissue guard.
With notes and prefaces to the first editions, and in some cases notes to later editions and letters where relevant Provenance: From the library of American businessman, sportsman, club man and philanthropist, William Douglas Sloane (1844-1915) with his bookplate to each volume.
Fourteen octavo volumes (binding size 18.9x13.1cm), pp. [2] xxii [2] 530 [2]; [2] viii [2] 468 [2]; [4] xvi [2] 349 [5]; [4] vi 408 [4]; [2] xii [2] 444 [2]; [2] viii 413 [3]; [2] viii 377 [3]; [2] x 522 [2]; [2] ix [1] 442 [2]; [4] xii [2] 303 [5]; [4] viii 322 [6]; [4] viii [2] 439 [5]; [4] viii 439 [5]; [4] viii [2] 524 [4]. Bound in contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards, spins with twin morocco title labels and intricate gilt tooling, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt others untrimmed Condition: Fine, many unopened and uncut in near fine bindings, rubbing to a few corners and spine ends. Ref: 111519 Price: HK$ 20,000
Twenty four full page engravings by A. Demarest, George Roux, Jules Adeline, P. Kaufmann, Jules Lefebvre, Falero, G. Jeanniot, V. Gilbert, Ernest Duez, Cliché Walery, Émile Vernier, Henri Pille, and Adrien Marie. Each with descriptive tissue guard.
With notes and prefaces to the first editions, and in some cases notes to later editions and letters where relevant Provenance: From the library of American businessman, sportsman, club man and philanthropist, William Douglas Sloane (1844-1915) with his bookplate to each volume.
Fourteen octavo volumes (binding size 18.9x13.1cm), pp. [2] xxii [2] 530 [2]; [2] viii [2] 468 [2]; [4] xvi [2] 349 [5]; [4] vi 408 [4]; [2] xii [2] 444 [2]; [2] viii 413 [3]; [2] viii 377 [3]; [2] x 522 [2]; [2] ix [1] 442 [2]; [4] xii [2] 303 [5]; [4] viii 322 [6]; [4] viii [2] 439 [5]; [4] viii 439 [5]; [4] viii [2] 524 [4]. Bound in contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards, spins with twin morocco title labels and intricate gilt tooling, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt others untrimmed Condition: Fine, many unopened and uncut in near fine bindings, rubbing to a few corners and spine ends. Ref: 111519 Price: HK$ 20,000