| Author: | Hugo, Victor [Гюго, Виктор] (French, 1802–1885) |
| Translator: | Марморштейн, Г. М. |
| Place/Date: | Москва (Moscow), 1902 |
| Language: | Russian (pre-reform orthography) |
| Publisher: | Изданіе С. Дороватовскаго и А. Чарушникова |
| Printer: | Типографія И. А. Баландина, 2-я Мѣщанская, Напрудный пер., домъ № 15 |
Normalized title: Гюго, Виктор. Маленький Наполеон / Перевод Г. М. Марморштейна. — Москва: Издание С. Дороватовского и А. Чарушникова, 1902.
Title-page: В. Гюго. | Маленькій / Наполеонъ. | — | ПЕРЕВОДЪ | Г. М. Марморштейна. | — | Изданіе С. Дороватовскаго и А. Чарушникова. | — | МОСКВА. | Типографія И. А. Баландина, 2-я Мѣщанская, Напрудный пер., домъ № 15. | 1902. ||
Original title (French): Napoléon le Petit (Bruxelles: A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven et Cie, 1852)
Description: Original printed front wrapper only (rear wrapper lacking), partially disbound, 200 × 150 mm; sewn gatherings exposed. 150 mm. pp. [1], 2–240. Paper toned and worn, edges frayed with losses at corners; inner margins fragile. Censorship notice on verso: “Дозволено цензурою. Москва, 9 января 1902 г.” Collation 8vo: 1-158, total 120 leaves. Pagination: [1] 2–240. First Russian edition of Victor Hugo’s Napoléon le Petit, published in 1852 in Brussels by A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven et Cie. A political satire and denunciatory work directed against Napoleon III, written by Hugo in exile after the coup d’état of 2 December 1851; the text attacks the legitimacy of the Second Empire and condemns the regime as authoritarian and usurpatory.
Additional Information
| Collection | French history, art, literature , Library , Napoléon III & Second Empire |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Early 20th century |
| Country | Russia , Russian Empire |
| Subject | Coup d’état, 1851 (France) , France , French history , French literature , History , Napoléon III [Bonapart, Charles Louis Napoléon] (French, 1808 – 1873) , Paris , Political satire , Satire |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Wove paper |
| Language | Pre-Reform Russian Orthography , Russian |
| Edition | 1st Russian edition |
| Binding | Disbound |
| Size | 8vo |
| Location | BOX 15. |
| Acquisition year | 2020 |
