Gruel (Léon, binder).- Hugo (Victor) Hernani ou l'Honneur Castillan, first edition, splendid purple
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Gruel (Léon, binder).- Hugo (Victor) Hernani ou l'Honneur Castillan, first edition, half-title, 12pp. publisher's catalogue & 4pp. advertisements at end, splendid purple morocco mosaic binding, by Gruel, covers with ornate design inlaid in red, tan, olive, green & cream morocco and elaborately tooled in gilt, spine titled in gilt and with inlaid decorative compartments with five raised bands, ornamental doublures of all-over arabesque design of grey morocco inlaid with red & green morocco and richly gilt, black silk flyleaves, original printed wrappers bound in, g.e., signed "Gruel" at foot of front turn-in, purple morocco-backed chemise, board slip-case (slightly rubbed), 8vo (c.225 x 145mm.,), Paris, 1830.
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Gruel (Léon, binder).- Hugo (Victor) Hernani ou l'Honneur Castillan, first edition, splendid purple
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