The Works of Victor Hugo: Including Les Miserables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, The Contemplations and The Legend of the Ages. by Hugo, Victor - 1892

Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1892. Limited edition, one of 500 copies of the Holland Paper edition. Octavo, 30 volumes, bound in contemporary three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, frontispiece to each volume, numerous plates. In near fine condition. Victor Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best known French writers. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the acclaimed novels Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831.