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[FRENCH DESCRIPTION BELOW - DESCRIPTION EN FRANCAIS A LA SUITE]. Paris, Renduel, 1836. 1 vol. (125 x 205 mm) with frontispiece, title and 631 pp. [f. 476 ch. 377] + 11 hors texte. Havana morocco, boards decorated with a large framed and mosaic decoration, rosette in the center of the first board, richly decorated spine, gilt title, date at foot, double fillet on the edges, gilt edges on marbling, decorated with interior "dentelle" (19th century binding). The first illustrated edition of Victor Hugo's masterpiece. Deluxe edition on fine wove paper. The Renduel edition, one of the official publishers of the Romantic school, appeared in a single volume, five years after the original edition: it included three chapters that did not appear in the original edition - among them the famous chapter entitled "Ceci tuera cela" ("This will kill that"), whose prophetic words announced "that the stone book, so solid and durable, would give way to the paper book, even more solid and…

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.