by Victor Hugo (French, 1802-1885), Paris: Pagnere, Libraire-Editeur, Bruxelles: Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Ce, 1862, 10 volumes (complete), bound in leather over marbled boards, with marbled endpapers, with five raised bands, gilt title lettering, first Brussels edition, which was published five days after the Paris edition, the question of priority has been intensely debated in bibliographic circles for years, 9-1/8 x 5-7/8 in.ÿ, Provenance: Collection from an Important American Family light wear to extremities with minor losses to leather, marbled boards, and marbled endpapers, some corners bumpedÿÿÿ