Lot no. 103
VICTOR HUGO (1802–1885), *Les Misérables*, Paris, Pagnerre, 1862, a ten-volume edition published in the same year as the original, with the publishers Albert Lacroix, Verboeckhoven and Compagnie in Brussels listed; a composite set comprising volumes bearing the designations ‘third’, ‘sixth’ or ‘eighth’ edition, as well as one volume with no edition designation; uniform bindings in light brown sheepskin, spines with raised bands highlighted by gilt fillets; the set is advertised as complete with all ten volumes (varying dimensions – wear and scuffing to the bindings, worn caps and corners, foxing and stains, some warping; the set has not been collated)
See original version (French)
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