HUGO (Victor). Œuvres complètes. Paris, E. Renduel [et al.], 1834 sq. 18 volumes in-8, an interesting composite copy of the first 25 volumes of the Renduel et Delloye edition, bound in 18 volumes. These contain 4 works by Victor Hugo in first editions: Les rayons et les ombres, 1840 (Carteret I, p., 412); Ruy Blas, 1838 (Carteret I, p., 408); Les voix intérieures, 1837 (Carteret I, p.408); and Les Burgaves, 1843 (Carteret I, p. 414), as well as the first edition of E.J. Chétalat's Les Occidentales, ou Lettres critiques sur les Orientales de M. Victor Hugo, Paris, Hautecoeur-Martinet, 1829. The last two volumes of this series contain "Le Rhin" in the Renouard edition, 1845, the first complete edition with 14 previously unpublished letters. Illustrated with a portrait of Victor Hugo and 30 steel-engraved plates, notably after Johannot and Raffet. Enriched with over 50 additional plates, including several more portraits of the author. Bound in contemporary black half-chagrin, spine with 4 raised bands, gilt author, titles and endpapers. (damage to several headpieces, some torn off, binding rubbed). Expert : Monsieur Nicolas Asvisio