Lot n° 452
Estimation :
150 - 200
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DEATH AND FUNERAL OF VICTOR HUGO - 1885. - Lot 452
DEATH AND FUNERAL OF VICTOR HUGO - 1885.
Important set of newspapers, magazines and publications of the period published on the occasion of the death and funeral of the great man. Including : Le Charivari of May 24, 1885, Le Monde Illustré of February 28, 1885, Le Monde Illustré of May 30, 1885, La République illustrée of May 30, 1885, L'Univers Illustré of May 30, 1885, an engraving representing the last moments of Victor Hugo taken from the newspaper L'Illustration of May 30, 1885, L'Illustration of June 6, 1885, a newspaper page representing the key moments of Victor Hugo's funeral, an engraving by Leriverend-Dochy entitled Le Maître et son oeuvre from L'Illustration of May 23, 1885, Le Drapeau of June 6, 1885, Don Quichotte of June 3, 1885, La République illustrée of June 6, 1885, L'Univers Illustré of June 6, 1885, Le Journal Illustré of June 14, 1885, an engraving taken from L'Illustration of June 6, 1885 representing the arrival of the procession during the funeral of Victor Hugo at the Panthéon, the free Supplement of the Journal Illustré of May 31, 1855, L'Univers Illustré of March 7, 1885, L'Illustration of June 6, 1885, an engraving taken from The Illustrated London News of June 6, 1885 representing the funeral of Victor Hugo and the exhibition of his coffin under the Arc de Triomphe, L'Univers Illustré of December 19, 1885, Le Figaro illustré of August 1891, supplement of Gil Blas of February 26-27, 1885. To this set are added two incomplete copies of Le Monde Illustré of February 28, 1885 and an incomplete copy of the one of May 30, 1885. Numerous illustrations. A binder containing L'Univers Illustré of May 30, 1885, with drawings by Paul Destez is included. Format in-folio (410 x 290 mm), half-bound in grey cloth. Good condition.
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