Victor Hugo - Bibliothèque de la Pléiade – 6 volumes – 2 premiers tirages – jaquettes & rhodoïds - 1964-1968

Beautiful set of 6 Victor Hugo volumes in the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Gallimard, preserved with their white illustrated jackets and their transparent rhodoids.

The set includes:

1. La Légende des siècles – La Fin de Satan – Dieu
Edition established and annotated by Jacques Truchet.
Printing completed on March 7, 1967.
Volume no. 82 of the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade.

2. Les Misérables
Edition established and annotated by Maurice Allem.
Printing completed on July 20, 1964.
Volume no. 85.

3. Théâtre complet – Tome I
Preface by Roland Purnal, notes and commentary by J.-J. Thierry and Josette Mélèze.
Printing completed on January 19, 1967.
Volume no. 166.

4. Théâtre complet – Tome II
Notes and commentary by J.-J. Thierry and Josette Mélèze.
First printing of this edition, printing completed on April 30, 1964.
Volume no. 170.

5. Œuvres poétiques I – Avant l’exil, 1802-1851
Preface by Gaëtan Picon, edition established and annotated by Pierre Albouy.
Printing completed on May 10, 1968.
Volume no. 171.

6. Œuvres poétiques II – Les Châtiments – Les Contemplations
Edition established and annotated by Pierre Albouy.
First printing, printing completed on October 6, 1967.
Volume no. 195.

Full-leather bindings in dark green characteristic of the collection, with a decorative gilt filet on the back, colored headbands, and bookmarks present.

Very good overall condition. The bindings and pages are particularly clean. The dust jackets are present, as well as the transparent rhodoids, with only light, normal signs of handling and aging visible on some covers. The set appears to have been little used.

A particularly interesting lot due to its uniformity, its state of conservation, and the presence of two first Pléiade printings.