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Hardcover. fair to Good. 1836 EDITION OF THIS GREAT NOVEL BY HUGO , FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION , FRONTISPIECE PLUS 11 FULL PLATES OF RICH Steel ENGRAVINGS W. TISSUE GUARDS, INCLUDING "Utilite des fenetres qui donnent sur la riviere". 631 PRINTED PAGES, BLIND TOOLED AND GOLD, Navy textured board covers, black leather spine tooled and gold embossed, small tear in leather spine at bottom, uncut edges, MARBLED ENDPAPERS, EXTREMITIES LIGHTLY SCUFFED, FOXING THROUGHOUT THE BOOK, HEAVY ON SOME PAGES. 5 1/2" x 9", printed 1836. Written in French.would be in very good condition but for the foxing, Fascinating item.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1831. The story is set in Paris in 1482 during the reign of Louis XI and follows the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame, Quasimodo, who falls in love with the beautiful gypsy, Esmeralda.