Victor Hugo - Œuvres complètes - 1857

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Victor Hugo’s Œuvres complètes, an eleven‑book set expanded to 23 volumes in an era binding, published by Alexandre Houssiaux in French, with the oldest items from 1857 and some first editions, all in very good condition aside from one volume with a detached spine and damaged corner.

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Victor Hugo. Complete Works. Paris: Alexandre Houssiaux, bookseller-publisher. In a single set of 20 bound volumes:

=> Poetry 8 volumes
Odes et Ballades I 1857;
Odes et Ballades II + The Orientales 1857;
The Leaves of Autumn + The Cats of Twilight 1857;
The Inner Voices + The Rays and the Shadows 1857;
The Contemplations I 1857;
The Contemplations II 1857;
The Legend of the Ages, History, the Little Epics, 1859 - first edition;
The Legend of the Ages II, History, the Little Epics, 1859 - first edition.

=> The Rhine 3 volumes 1857

=> Novel 4 volumes
Han of Iceland 1857;
Bug-Jargal, The Last Day of a Condemned Man 1857;
Notre-Dame de Paris I 1857;
Notre-Dame de Paris II 1857.

=> Drama 4 volumes
Cromwell 1857;
Hernani, Marion Delorme, The King Amuses Himself 1857 (the back cover has peeled off and a corner is damaged, see photo);
Lucrezia Borgia, Mary Tudor, Angelo 1857;
Ruy Blas, The Burgraves, Esmeralda 1857.

=> Literature and Philosophy Mixed 1857

+ 3 volumes bound in the same style, Librairie Internationale, Lacroix, Verboeckhoven et Cie Editors:
The Toilers of the Sea in 3 volumes, Paris, Brussels, Leipzig, Leghorn 1866 (First edition).

All 23 volumes bound from the period, uniformly, in very good overall condition.

Victor Hugo. Complete Works. Paris: Alexandre Houssiaux, bookseller-publisher. In a single set of 20 bound volumes:

=> Poetry 8 volumes
Odes et Ballades I 1857;
Odes et Ballades II + The Orientales 1857;
The Leaves of Autumn + The Cats of Twilight 1857;
The Inner Voices + The Rays and the Shadows 1857;
The Contemplations I 1857;
The Contemplations II 1857;
The Legend of the Ages, History, the Little Epics, 1859 - first edition;
The Legend of the Ages II, History, the Little Epics, 1859 - first edition.

=> The Rhine 3 volumes 1857

=> Novel 4 volumes
Han of Iceland 1857;
Bug-Jargal, The Last Day of a Condemned Man 1857;
Notre-Dame de Paris I 1857;
Notre-Dame de Paris II 1857.

=> Drama 4 volumes
Cromwell 1857;
Hernani, Marion Delorme, The King Amuses Himself 1857 (the back cover has peeled off and a corner is damaged, see photo);
Lucrezia Borgia, Mary Tudor, Angelo 1857;
Ruy Blas, The Burgraves, Esmeralda 1857.

=> Literature and Philosophy Mixed 1857

+ 3 volumes bound in the same style, Librairie Internationale, Lacroix, Verboeckhoven et Cie Editors:
The Toilers of the Sea in 3 volumes, Paris, Brussels, Leipzig, Leghorn 1866 (First edition).

All 23 volumes bound from the period, uniformly, in very good overall condition.

Details

Number of Books
23
Subject
Literature
Book Title
Œuvres complètes
Author/ Illustrator
Victor Hugo
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1857
Height
23.5 cm
Edition
1st Edition, Other edition
Width
15.5 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Alexandre Houssiaux, libraire‑éditeur
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
400
FranceVerified
1
Object sold
Private

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