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HUGO Victor (1802-1885)

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HUGO Victor (1802-1885)

History of a crime, witness statement. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1877-1878.
Two strong volumes in-8, black Jansenist morocco, spine ribbed, double netting on the cups, red morocco lining decorated with a mosaic net frame of brown morocco with gold fillets, and gilt N gilt gilt corners, red-brown silk endpapers, marbled paper counterguard, slipcase (Binding Marius Michel).
First edition, one of the 40 copies on Holland (unnumbered).
Unique copy full of 230 letters and autograph documents of the characters quoted in the book, listed in two alphabetical handwritten tables at the end of each volume.