[signed Binding] Hugo (victor) - Notre-dame De Paris. 1844

HUGO (Victor) - BEAUMONT - BOULANGER - DAUBIGNY - Tony JOHANNOT - LEMUD - MEISSONIER - ROQUEPLAN - RUDDER - STEINHEIL (ill. of). Notre Dame de Paris. Paris, Perrotin / Garnier frères, 1844. A strong flight. in the format in-4 (292 x 172 mm) of 1 f. bl., 2 ff., 1 engraved frontispiece, 485 pp., 1 f. of table and 1 f. bl. Binding from the period of navy leather half shagreen, bold and thin blind fillets framing the covers, spine ribbed with bold blind fillets, quadruple fat and thin gilt framing boxes, gilt dotted fillet on the raised bands, golden fillets, golden taffy, golden edges. (Fock). Copy in an elegant contemporary binding signed Fock at the tail of the spine. The book contains 55 superb full-page engraved plates. The illustration is supplemented by a large number of in-text compositions. Copy bearing the half-title of a bat; in place of an English flounder. ''There is a second state of the title where this vignette is replaced by an English rule; the order of the two states of the title that we have retained, which is reversed compared to that given by Brivois, Vicaire and Carteret, is dictated by the existence of copies dated 1850 and presenting the English fillet''. (in Bertin). ''This is the first time that a truly illustrated edition of Victor Hugo's masterpiece has been published, forming here a magnificent volume'' could be read at the time on the back of a subscription sheet . (Brivois). ''Remarkable publication, rare in good condition, which can rightly be sought as the prototype of the great text illustrated by the best artists of the time''. (Carteret). Copy of second issue: ''this book was partially reprinted in 1844, in deliveries''. (in Carteret). Bertin, Chronology of the books of Victor Hugo, p. 177 - Brivois, Bibliography of illustrated works of the 19th century, p. 197 - Vicar IV, Handbook for 19th century book lovers, 263 - Carteret III, Le Trésor du bibliophile, p. 300 - Talvart IX, 26. Plates sometimes studded with foxing. Some bites and light stains in the body of the book. However, very good condition.