The hunchback of Notre-Dame. By Victor Hugo. Translated expressly for this edition; with a sketch of the life and writings of the author; by Frederic Shoberl.
Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
Category
Books
Date
1849
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3214879
Summary
Bibliographic description
A new edition, revised. xiv, 466 p. ; 17 cm (8vo). Provenance: nineteenth-century Anson bookplate with motto ‘Nil desperandum’ and Viscount’s coronet (though seven pearls visible) [i.e. Thomas George Anson, 2nd Earl of Lichfield (1825-1892)]. Binding: nineteenth-century half grained, green calf, with marbled paper boards; gold tooled and gold lettered spine.
Makers and roles
Victor Hugo (1802-1885)