Victor Hugo / Collectif - Notre-Dame de Paris - 1844

Fascinating illustrated edition of this masterpiece of French historical fiction, which immerses readers in 15th-century medieval Paris, at the heart of a society dominated by religious beliefs, social hierarchies, superstitions, and contrasts between architectural grandeur and human misery -

This particularly remarkable illustrated edition brings together the text by the celebrated author and drawings by several artists of his time, notably Édouard de Beaumont, Louis Boulanger, Charles François Daubigny, Tony Johannot, Aimé de Lemud, Ernest Meissonier, Camille Roqueplan, Louis Henri de Rudder and Louis Steinheil, whose compositions were reproduced as engravings -

At the heart of the story stands Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, a majestic monument that goes far beyond its role as a setting to become a symbolic character, a silent witness to the passions, suffering, and upheavals of the city -

Victor Hugo / Various Artists - Notre-Dame de Paris - 1844 - Perrotin & Garnier Frères -
[5], 485, [2] Pages.

Binding in good condition; the book is in its original half green sheepskin binding, with expected rubbing, signs of wear to the covers, damaged cover corners, the spine is coming slightly loose, speckled edges, smooth decorated spine, gilt lettering -

Interior in fair condition; endpapers missing, some soiling, attractive vignette on the title page, beautiful initial, book enriched with numerous black-and-white engravings outside the text, visible water stain in the lower margin, marbled endpapers in fair condition, an appealing copy -

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