VICTOR HUGO.
Quatrevingt-treize. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1874.
3 volumes large in-8 of (2) ff, 313 pp, (1) f.; (2) ff, 283 pp. mis-coded 287 without missing (jump in pagination from p. 192 to p. 197), (1) f.; (2) ff, 313 pp, (1) f. : half red morocco, spine ribbed, untrimmed, gilt heads, covers and spine printed on blue paper preserved (modern binding).
First edition.
One of the first 50 numbered copies on Hollande (n° 1).
Novel dedicated to another "terrible year" in the history of France, 1793 will remain the only work of Victor Hugo dedicated to the Revolution.
Signed autograph letter under the receipt: "to my eloquent
and dear friend
Ernest Lefèvre
Victor Hugo 19 February 1874"
Nephew of Auguste Vacquerie, the lawyer Ernest Lefèvre (1833-1889), great admirer of Victor
Hugo, was also his executor.
Beautiful copy bound as new. Covers rebacked.
