The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Ann Arbor, MI: Mundus Media, 2002. 1st Edition Thus. Leatherbound. 9.13"x12.25" 364 numbered pages. 2nd printing w/number line. 3.9 lbs. Navy leather boards. Gilt frames w/gilt letters on front & mirrored to spine. Printed and bound in US by Edward Brothers (est. 1893). Display text is Palatino, based on the original font designed by 16th Century writing master Giovanni Battista Palatino. Beautifully printed on Edwards Brothers' own custom-milled archival-quality premium natural stock, this typestyle achieves superior clarity. To complete the process, the finest bonded leather is carefully drawn around the binder's case, then indivuidually and expertly stamped using ersatz gold foil. Production and design assistance by Michael Edwards. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library and unmarked. BEAUTIFUL GIFT QUALITY. Collectible - Fine. Item #14005
ISBN: 1587260158
Originally published in 1831. This extraordinary historical novel (not illustrated), set in Medieval Paris under the twin towers of its greatest structure and supreme symbol, the cathedral of Notre-Dame, is the haunting drama of Quasimodo, the hunchback; Esmeralda, the gypsy dancer; and Claude Frollo, the priest tortured by the specter of his own damnation. Shaped by a profound sense of tragic irony, it is a work that gives full play to Victor Hugo's brilliant historical imagination and his remarkable powers of description.
Price: $75.00