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CLASSIC WORK IN PRISTINE MOROCCO BINDING.
Les Travailleurs De La Mer. ( Toilers of The Sea ). Edition Nationale.
Paris: Librarie De L'Edition Nationale. Emile Testard, 1891.
2 volumes, complete. Large 4to, 11 inches tall. Half red morocco with gilt raised bands, fine tooling and top edge. Original wrappers bound in. Beautifully illustrated throughout. Les Travailleurs de la Mer (Toilers of the Sea), published in 1866. Dedicated to the Channel Island of Guernsey where he spent 15 years of exile, Hugo's depiction of Man's battle with the sea and the horrible creatures lurking beneath its depths spawned an unusual fad in Paris: Squids.
A superb set.
A superb set.
£250.00
(equal to approx. US$395.95* or €297.87* for 9 February 2012)
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