Important French writer, artist, and statesman (1802–1885) best known for such canonical novels as Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris (aka The Hunchback of Notre Dame). Much of his literary output was devoted to political and social issues, and in the 1840s he became actively involved in the French government as a legislator and staunch activist on behalf of the Republican cause. In 1851 the controversy surrounding his inflammatory writings denouncing Louis-Napoléon forced him into a two-decade exile, during which his productive creative pace barely slackened. Signed book: La Legende des Siecles Volumes I and II. First edition, first printing: Calmann Lévy, 1876. Rebound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 314 and 395 respectively pages. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page in French (translated): “To Émile Allix. Victor Hugo.” Toning and foxing to signed page, Hugo’s signature a shade or two light, but completely legible, repairs and soiling to inside original covers, moderate scattered toning and foxing to inside pages, some light wear and crazing to leather portions of boards and spine, with light rubbing to other portions, otherwise very good condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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