Null HUGO (Victor). Les travailleurs de la mer. Paris, Lacroix, 1866, 3 vol. In-…

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HUGO (Victor). Les travailleurs de la mer. Paris, Lacroix, 1866, 3 vol. in-8, viii - 328 pp. - 327 pp.- 279 pp. + catalog of publications, plum half calf, ribbed spine. FIRST EDITION. - HUGO (Victor). William Shakespeare. Paris, Lacroix, 1864, large vol. in-8, 572 pp. half calf plum, ribbed spine, decorated with gilt caissons. FIRST EDITION. Set of 4 vols.

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HUGO (Victor). Les travailleurs de la mer. Paris, Lacroix, 1866, 3 vol. in-8, viii - 328 pp. - 327 pp.- 279 pp. + catalog of publications, plum half calf, ribbed spine. FIRST EDITION. - HUGO (Victor). William Shakespeare. Paris, Lacroix, 1864, large vol. in-8, 572 pp. half calf plum, ribbed spine, decorated with gilt caissons. FIRST EDITION. Set of 4 vols.

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Victor HUGO.Louis-Napoléon-Loetitia-Charles de Ladoucette, Baron. Autograph letter addressed to Victor Hugo.21 June 1846. One sheet in large 8vo mm. 210x175. Text on one page. Clear cursive handwriting, brown ink. Very good condition. "Monsieur le Vicomte, et tres honore Collegue." The deputy and prefect, perpetual secretary of the Societe Philotechnique, writes to Victor Hugo as secretary of the commission for the equestrian statue of Joan of Arc to be erected in Orléans. He asks his 'very honorable' colleague for the amount of his contribution. The bronze statue will then be created by the neo-classical sculptor Denis Foyatier and placed in the Place du Martroi. Boudn with: Victor HUGO. VIRMAITRE, Claude. Autograph letter addressed to Victor Hugo.4 September 1846. 8vo. Text on two pages mm. 200x132. Clear cursive handwriting, brown ink. Very good condition. 'Ce qui pourroit etre tout a fait determinant serait un mot d'un ministre quelconque, et surtout de M. Dumon le Suzerain de le Chemin de fer.' Claude Virmaître, 1806?-1854, editor at the newspaper Le Corsaire and collaborator of Victor Hugo, asked the writer, then a Member of Parliament, for an intervention in order to obtain a post with the railways. He quotes Pierre Sylvain Dumon in this regard. 'the Sovereign of the Railways', Minister of Public Works from December 1843 to May 1847: having invested a large part of his personal fortune in the railway companies, in particular the Paris-Lyon-Mediterranean, he firmly opposed, as minister, the exploitation of the railways by the state; hostile to their nationalisation, he thus favored the monopoly of large companies.

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VICTOR HUGO POST MORTEM / Set of 7 documents: 1°) Commemorative brooch sold on the occasion of Victor Hugo's state funeral: gilded medal (2.2 cm dia) surmounted by 2 enamelled tricolour flags with mourning crepe / 2°) Copy of the "Monde Illustré" supplement specially devoted to Victor Hugo's funeral, dated June 6, 1885, 24 p large in-folio profusely illustrated / 3°) Print of the "Projet de Loi" passed by the Chambre des Députés on May 23, 1885, "whose purpose is to decide that a national funeral will be held for Victor Hugo", "he had entered immortality alive" / 4°) Invitation card on behalf of the President of the Republic to the commemorative ceremony for the Centenary of Victor Hugo's birth at the Panthéon on February 26, 1902 (17 x 12 cm, blank cardboard) / 5°) Program for the concert at the Hôtel de Ville de Paris on February 27, 1902 to mark the Centenary of Victor Hugo, 16 cardboard pages (9 x 18.5 cm) in illustrated embossed cover, with silk cord / 6°) Invitation to the inauguration of the Monument de Victor Hugo place Victor Hugo in Paris on June 20, 1910 (14 x 10.5 cm, blank card) / 7°) Advertising card for the "Maison de Victor Hugo" in St Clement, Jersey, boarding house, identical recto in English (11.5 x 7.5 cm)

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