Oeuvres complètes. - Les misérables. - Victor Hugo raconté par un témoin de sa vie. - William Shakespeare. - Les chansons des rues et des bois. - Les travailleurs de la mer. - L'homme qui rit. - L'année terrible

Œuvres complètes. – Les Misérables. – Victor Hugo raconté par un témoin de sa vie. – William Shakespeare. – Les Chansons des rues et des bois. – Les Travailleurs de la mer. – L'homme qui rit. – L'Année terrible [Complete Works]A rare collection of works by Victor Hugo comprises a collected edition with vignette illustrations, the first 18 volumes are texts that were published by Houssiaux in 1869 and the 7 first editions (with or without an edition statement) appear in the remaining 22 volumes that make up our series.
Bound in red shagreen, spine in five compartments set with gilt fillets and adorned with double gilt compartments, gilts bands at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, covers preserved, ex-libris glued to the endpapers, contemporary binding.
A rare collection, with uniform contemporary binding, divided into volumes 1 to 40, comprising the 18 volumes of the complete works, illustrated by Victor Hugo, that were published by Houssiaux and spread across volumes 1 to 18; followed by the first editions, with or without reference, of the following texts: Les Misérables published in 10 volumes in 1862 by Pagnerre in Paris (with a statement for each of the volumes) and comprising volumes 19 to 28; Victor Hugo raconté par un témoin de sa vie (without a statement) published in two volumes by Lacroix in 1863, forming volumes 29 and 30 of this collection; William Shakespeare published by Lacroix in 1864 (without a statement) is volume 31; Les Chansons des rues et des bois, also published by Lacroix in 1866 (with a statement) comprises volume 32; Les Travailleurs de la mer published by Lacroix in 1866 (without a statement) forms volumes 33, 34 and 35 of our collection; L'Homme qui rit published in 1869 by Lacroix (without a statement) constitutes volumes 36, 37, 38 and 39; and finally, L'Année terrible published by Lévy in 1872 (with a statement) completes the series with volume 40.
Signs of slight surface spotting on some of the plates.
A pleasant series in a contemporary uniform binding with a beautiful ex-libris engraved with “Plus penser que dire” (to think more than to say) glued onto the endpapers of every volume.