HUGO, Victor. Last Day of a Condemned. Claude Gueux. - Lot 167

HUGO, Victor. Last Day of a Condemned. Claude Gueux. Published in Philadelphia by George Barrie & son in 1894. In-8, bord-à-bord fawn morocco, ribbed spine, mosaic geometrical decoration on front paste-downs, pink moiré silk endpapers, gilt edges. (3) ff. 221 pp. frontispiece and 16 plates engraved in two states (black and bistre), 3 double-page plates engraved in black. Spine unstained, ink-stained. Corners and covers rubbed. Fine American edition of "Dernier jour d'un condamné" in an English translation by Eugenia de B., illustrated with plates engraved by Focillon after Raphaëlli. Limited edition of 250 copies on Japon (no. 170), containing the engravings in two states. A beautifully bound copy in good condition inside.