Hardcover
1888 · New York
by Hugo, Victor; Dole, Helen B. (translated from the French)
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1888. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good. Octavos. Two volumes: [1], 202 pages, [1]; [1], 270 pages, [1]. Both volumes have tissue protected frontispieces and are illustrated. Blue cloth hardcovers with gilt titles on the spines. Gilt top edges. Light wear to the the set. 1895 book stamps from the library of 'Burton M. Lovejoy" on the front paste downs. From wikipedia:
Ninety-Three (Quatrevingt-treize)[1] is the last novel by the French writer Victor Hugo. Published in 1874, three years after the bloody upheaval of the Paris Commune of the French Revolution, the novel concerns the Revolt in the Vendée and Chouannerie - the counter-revolutionary revolts in 1793 during the French Revolution. It is divided into three parts, but not chronologically; each part tells a different story, offering a different view of historical general events. The action mainly takes place in Brittany and in Paris. (Inventory #: 24387)
Ninety-Three (Quatrevingt-treize)[1] is the last novel by the French writer Victor Hugo. Published in 1874, three years after the bloody upheaval of the Paris Commune of the French Revolution, the novel concerns the Revolt in the Vendée and Chouannerie - the counter-revolutionary revolts in 1793 during the French Revolution. It is divided into three parts, but not chronologically; each part tells a different story, offering a different view of historical general events. The action mainly takes place in Brittany and in Paris. (Inventory #: 24387)