Lot no. 90
HUGO Victor (1802-1885). Five poems. Adorned with thirty-five compositions by Auguste Rodin, Eugène Carrière, Daniel Vierge, Willette, Dunki, Steinlen. Paris, Pelletan, 1902; in-4, bound in red half-maroquin with corners, gilt head, cover. Fine edition produced to mark the centenary of Victor Hugo's birth. Portrait by Rodin and 34 wood-engraved hors texte compositions after Steinlen, Willette, Daniel Vierge, etc. ☞ Edition of 225 copies on vellum, this one enriched with one of the 20 suites of engravings on China paper and the prospectus. - Ex-libris of Jacques Crépineau, director of the Théâtre de la Michodière. Joint from the same source: [Posthumous and unpublished works]. Post-scriptum de ma vie. - Drama, Amy Robsart, Les Jumaux. - Dernière gerbe. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1889-1901-1902; 3 vols. large in-8, navy blue half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt head, salmon cover. - First editions.
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