Description:
Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) The Novels, Dramas, and Selected Poems of Victor Hugo,Edition Magnifique, One of Twelve Copies. Philadelphia: George Barrie & Sons, [1892]. Forty-one octavo volumes, limited edition set, specially bound for Henry B. Williams, set number ten of twelve, signed by George Barrie, the illustrations appearing in four states (printed in different colors of ink on different paper stocks),and bound in full red morocco by Barrie, with full morocco inner doublures tooled in gilt, gray watered silk flyleaves, a.e.g., gilt spines, small gilt decoration on boards, each volume housed in a custom slipcase, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (41)
Estimate $2,000-3,000
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