HUGO (Victor). - Lot 57

HUGO (Victor). Bug-Jargal. [Paris: Eugène Hugues, 1888]. — Large 8vo, 281 x 190: (6 blank folios at the beginning), 168 pp., illustrated cover. Havana brown leather, cold-stamped framing on the covers, decorated ribbed spine, double gilt fillet and gilt corner fleurons on the inside, gilt headband, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (René Kieffer). A fine edition forming part of the complete works of Victor Hugo published by Eugène Hugues between 1876 and 1897. It is illustrated with 28 woodcut compositions, including one full-page illustration based on a work by Célestin Nanteuil, with the others appearing in the text based on drawings by Édouard Riou and Ludovic Mouchot. One of 50 numbered copies on Chinese paper (No. 15), later bound by René Kieffer. Spine faded, some normal wear and tear. Scattered foxing.