In fair condition. Modern binding lightly scuffed at edges & corners. Head and tail of spine bumped. Ex-library sticker on tail of spine. Gilt lettering and ruling bright and clean. Ex-library bookplate found on front paste-down: Bowdoin College Library. Original paper front and rear covers are chipped at all edges & lightly toned, but all text is legible. Blind ex-library stamp on title page. Text-block lightly toned, but otherwise clean - no known previous ownership signatures or marginalia. Modern binding tight and intact. Please see photos. 

Paul Meurice (1818-1905) was a French novelist and playwright best known for his friendship with Victor Hugo. In 1848, Hugo made Meurice editor-in-chief of a journal he founded, called L’Événement (this resulted in Meurice’s imprisonment in 1851, during Hugo’s exile). During the twenty years of Hugo’s exile, Meurice looked after the financial and literary interests of the proscribed writer. Meurice founded the journal Le Rappell in 1869. 

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