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HUGO (VICTOR) Notre-Dame de Paris, 2 vol., Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1831
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HUGO (VICTOR)
Notre-Dame de Paris, 2 vol., "second edition" published simultaneously with the first (see below), wood-engraved vignettes on titles, dark blue crushed morocco gilt by R. Petit, upper covers with gilt ciphers of MB, g.e., 8vo, Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1831
Footnotes
THE ORIGINAL EDITION of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. The work was first published in 1,100 copies, all appearing in 1831 in four self-described 'editions'. The contents are identical, varying only in the wording on the title pages and the dates on the wrappers. The publishers aimed to give the impression of blockbuster sales; in fact, as explained in the Journal des Débats for 10 May 1831, all four 'editions' belong to the original edition.





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