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HUGO, Louis Charles The life of S. Norbert. Archbishop of Magdeburg, & founder of the Order of Canons Prémontrez Luxembourg A. Chevalier 1704 In-4°, [32], 492 pp, gr. vign. on title, 6 engravings, some slight wetness in margins. full calf, spine with 6 nerves (slight rubbing) Rare Luxembourg ed. on the life of Archbishop Norbert of Xanten (1080-1134), the founder of the Premonstratensian order who was canonised in 1582, by L.C. Hugo (1667-1739), a Lorraine abbot and Premonstratensian author. Ref. Van der Vekene D. 101; BCNI 16293; Barbier IV:1001; Brunet VI:21799.

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HUGO, Louis Charles The life of S. Norbert. Archbishop of Magdeburg, & founder of the Order of Canons Prémontrez Luxembourg A. Chevalier 1704 In-4°, [32], 492 pp, gr. vign. on title, 6 engravings, some slight wetness in margins. full calf, spine with 6 nerves (slight rubbing) Rare Luxembourg ed. on the life of Archbishop Norbert of Xanten (1080-1134), the founder of the Premonstratensian order who was canonised in 1582, by L.C. Hugo (1667-1739), a Lorraine abbot and Premonstratensian author. Ref. Van der Vekene D. 101; BCNI 16293; Barbier IV:1001; Brunet VI:21799.

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[Victor HUGO] - Louis JOURDAN (1810-1881, journalist and critic) / Autograph letter signed, 1 p in-8 on the letterhead of "Causeur", September 16, 1859, to Emile Aucante (1822-1909, then director at publisher Michel Lévy): he asks if "La Légende des Siècles" [Victor Hugo] has appeared, "I would like, as with "Les Contemplations" to be one of the first to report on it."

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