Victor Hugo - Napoleon, the little - 1852
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Victor Hugo, Napoleon, the little is a 1852 first‑edition thus UK hardback in English, with an olive‑green publisher’s binding and a gilt portrait on the cover, in good condition.
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"Napoleon, the little" by Victor HUgo - Vizetelly and Company, London - 1852 first thus UK edition - 15cmx13cm - condition: good, in rare original olive green publisher's binding with some wear and rubbing to boards, with portrait on cover in gilt.
Napoléon le Petit (French; literally "Napoleon the Small") was an influential political pamphlet by Victor Hugo, published in 1852. It criticised the rule of Napoleon III and the politics of the Second French Empire for which he left Belgium, and later was expelled to Jersey. Hugo lived in exile in Guernsey for most of Napoleon III's reign and his criticism was significant because he was one of the most prominent Frenchmen of the time and widely respected.
The work was the first to use the adage that 2 + 2 = 5 as a denial of truth by authority, a notion later used by George Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Volumes were smuggled into France (e.g. in bales of hay, and between metal sheets as a tin of sardines), read at secret meetings, and hand-copied.
"Napoleon, the little" by Victor HUgo - Vizetelly and Company, London - 1852 first thus UK edition - 15cmx13cm - condition: good, in rare original olive green publisher's binding with some wear and rubbing to boards, with portrait on cover in gilt.
Napoléon le Petit (French; literally "Napoleon the Small") was an influential political pamphlet by Victor Hugo, published in 1852. It criticised the rule of Napoleon III and the politics of the Second French Empire for which he left Belgium, and later was expelled to Jersey. Hugo lived in exile in Guernsey for most of Napoleon III's reign and his criticism was significant because he was one of the most prominent Frenchmen of the time and widely respected.
The work was the first to use the adage that 2 + 2 = 5 as a denial of truth by authority, a notion later used by George Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Volumes were smuggled into France (e.g. in bales of hay, and between metal sheets as a tin of sardines), read at secret meetings, and hand-copied.
Details
Number of Books
1
Subject
Literature
Book Title
Napoleon, the little
Author/ Illustrator
Victor Hugo
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1852
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Language
English
Original language
Yes
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
0
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