Le Roi S’amuse, drame

Description

Early edition, published same year as the Paris first edition. Contemporary blindstamped brown cloth, gilt spine title. 12mo., 15.3×10.2 cm. Louis Hauman. Bruxelles. 1832. xxiii, 167 pp. Oeuvres de Victor Hugo XIV. Very good, some sunning to spine and covers, ink name to pastedown. French text. Scarce. Hugo’s famous play that was banned after its first performance in Paris. Basis for Verdi’s Rigoletto. weight: 0.4 lb.