Description

FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION.

ONE OF THE FIRST 25 COPIES ON CHINA, before 25 copies on Japan, follows an unnumbered print.

Famous collection of anecdotes written by Victor Hugo for his grandchildren, collected after the untimely death of his son Charles.

Illustrations by Jean-Paul Laurens, Giaccomelli, Frémiet, A. Marie, Bayard, Bac, Habert-Dys, Gosselin, Mouchot, Benett, Claire Guyot, Dascher, Vuillier, Chapuis, A. Brun, Lancon, Méaulle, Dubois, Vogel, Chovin, Riquet, Bacon, Zier, Scott, engraved by Méaulle.

Copy remained in sheet form in an illustrated editor's folder, treatment reserved for prints on China and Japan paper. Many of these luxury copies were bound, leaving no trace of the charming illustrations in the cream-coloured folder. The current edition was sold bound by the publisher in red percaline with the same illustrations.

Rare.