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2 volumes in 1, octavo (22 x 14 cm); 10p., XXXIXp., 53p., [2]p.; [2]f., 8p., XXXp., 7p., p. XXXI to LXXVI, 74p. and [2]p. Contemporary full cherry calf binding, spine with raised bands and gold and blind tooling, covers adorned with black crossed fillets, with a sprinkling of small gold flowers, blind-tooled border and gold fillets, and a blind-stamped rosette at the center. The original blue paper waiting covers for each year have been preserved. Uncut copy, with wide margins. Some scattered foxing.Compilation of two annual collections from the Academy of Jeux floraux, the renowned Toulouse academy with origins dating back to the Middle Ages (1323), considered the oldest literary society in the Western world. This academy was the first to recognize the poems of the young Victor Hugo from 1818 to 1822.
The years 1820 and 1821 include four early poems by Victor Hugo (Mr. Victor-Marie Hugo, from Besançon):
Moïse sur le Nil, Ode qui a obtenu une Amaranthe réservée (1820, pp. VII à IX) ;
Le Jeune… Read More
