Illustrations to "Les misérables," of Victor Hugo

the long version

"The American Publisher of Les Misérables feels that in the reproduction of the admirable drawings of M. Brion, he is but fulfilling a portion of his undertaking to afford to the American people as nearly as possible the same facilities which the French people enjoy for the exhaustive study of the master-piece of the century. These magnificent designs, multiplied by the most perfect and costly process known to the graphic art, are not mere illustrations of the immortal work ; they are its authoritative interpretation ..."--Page 3. Odd numbered pages contain an original albumen print photograph pasted within a printed border. Page nine is a photograph portrait of Victor Hugo, and pages 11-59 contain photographs of Brion's original paintings, mounted within printed borders over titles.