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68 - HUGO, Victor (1802–1885).

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€500 - 700

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31.2%

HUGO, Victor (1802–1885). Signed in the text, Dinant, August 3, 1862; 1 page, in-8 format, on Hôtel des Rosiers letterhead. Dinant. Rental of a carriage for his travels in Belgium. Note: “I, the undersigned, acknowledge having received from Mr. Victor Hugo the sum of three hundred seventy-five francs as a down payment for the rental of a four-wheeled, two-horse carriage, which I am renting to him at a rate of twenty-five francs per day, all expenses included without exception. However, it is understood that Mr. Victor Hugo will contribute, in addition to the 25 francs, a tip for the coachman at the rate of 1 franc 50 centimes per day. The carriage will carry five passengers and travel an average of ten leagues per day”… The document, drafted by Hugo, is signed by the innkeeper François Degraa, who adds, at the bottom and on the reverse side, two other receipts dated August 20, 1863, and August 21, 1864.

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Books & Manuscripts
Wednesday, December 2
11:00 AM
164 bis, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

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