Notre-Dame de Paris

 Second impression of the first illustrated edition of Victor Hugo's masterpiece.

Some light foxing.

Publisher's full black cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt allegory of Notre-Dame de Paris, covers adorned with elaborate gilt designs depicting scenes from Notre-Dame de Paris, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, shaded white flyleaves, all edges gilt. A fine example of the publisher's romantic binding.

Illustrated with plates by Charles François Daubigny, Valentin Foulquier, Thoedor Josef Hoffbauer, Tony Johannot, Aimé de Lemud, Ernest Meissonier, Célestin Nanteuil, Camille Roqueplan, Louis Henri de Rudder, and Louis Steinheil...

A splendid copy of Victor Hugo’s timeless masterpiece, preserved in a striking romantic publisher’s binding.