By order of the king, by Victor Hugo ; the authorised English translation of Victor Hugo's "L'homme qui rit;" illustrated

Resource Information

The instance By order of the king, by Victor Hugo ; the authorised English translation of Victor Hugo's "L'homme qui rit;" illustrated represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in UCLA Library.

Label

By order of the king, by Victor Hugo ; the authorised English translation of Victor Hugo's "L'homme qui rit;" illustrated

Statement of responsibility

by Victor Hugo ; the authorised English translation of Victor Hugo's "L'homme qui rit;" illustrated

Instantiates

• By order of the king

Publication

• London, Bradbury, Evans, & Co., 10, Bouverie St., 1871

Note

• First single-volume edition of the English translation
• Although not stated in the book, the translation is by Mrs. A.C. Steele; see British Library general catalogue of printed books to 1975
• Illustrations (including frontispiece and title vignette) by S.L. Fildes, signed "SLF."

Dimensions

20 cm (4to)

Extent

x, [2], 521, [1] pages, [11] leaves of plates

Note

Spec. Coll. copy: bright blue cloth boards; cover line design stamped in black; spine title stamped in gold-on-black: "Victor Hugo. By order of the king. Authorized translation of L'homme qui rit;" taupe coated endpapers. Armorial bookplate of John Browne on front pastedown, with his motto "Suivez raison;" Browne's ownership inscription on title page, dated "Southend, July 1871."

Other physical details

illustrations

Record ID

1776053

System control number

• (OCoLC)18606634
• ucoclc18606634