Ballades, Les Rayons et les Ombres
1890, a pocket edition of Victor Hugo's poems in a fine leather binding
Author
Victor Hugo
Publisher
G Charpentier, Paris, 1890
Printing Details
Pocket edition, full leather. Gilt titling and five raised bands to the spine. Inner gilt dentelles, and all edges gilt. 11 × 7.5cm, 314pp. French text.
A volume from the Petite Bibliotheque Charpentier of Victor Hugo's poetic works, containing both his Ballads and his Les Rayons et les Ombres (Rays and Shadows), a collection of forty-four poems written in the late 1830s and the last collection to be published before his exile.
Condition
An attractive copy. There is some light scuffing to the spine and the rear board, the gilt edging to the pages remains crisp, and the contents are in very good order.
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