Lot n° 292
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100 - 120
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VICTOR HUGO POST MORTEM / Set of 7 documents: 1°) Commemorat - Lot 292
VICTOR HUGO POST MORTEM / Set of 7 documents: 1°) Commemorative brooch sold on the occasion of Victor Hugo's state funeral: gilded medal (2.2 cm dia) surmounted by 2 enamelled tricolour flags with mourning crepe / 2°) Copy of the "Monde Illustré" supplement specially devoted to Victor Hugo's funeral, dated June 6, 1885, 24 p large in-folio profusely illustrated / 3°) Print of the "Projet de Loi" passed by the Chambre des Députés on May 23, 1885, "whose purpose is to decide that a national funeral will be held for Victor Hugo", "he had entered immortality alive" / 4°) Invitation card on behalf of the President of the Republic to the commemorative ceremony for the Centenary of Victor Hugo's birth at the Panthéon on February 26, 1902 (17 x 12 cm, blank cardboard) / 5°) Program for the concert at the Hôtel de Ville de Paris on February 27, 1902 to mark the Centenary of Victor Hugo, 16 cardboard pages (9 x 18.5 cm) in illustrated embossed cover, with silk cord / 6°) Invitation to the inauguration of the Monument de Victor Hugo place Victor Hugo in Paris on June 20, 1910 (14 x 10.5 cm, blank card) / 7°) Advertising card for the "Maison de Victor Hugo" in St Clement, Jersey, boarding house, identical recto in English (11.5 x 7.5 cm)
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